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Zítra Se Bude Zabíjet (2013)

by Daniel Polansky(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Knižní klub

series

Low Town

review 1: I remember reading the first Low Town book and thinking it was OK. The thing that I liked about it was that it wasn't your traditional dark fantasy book, the Warden isn't on the up he’s already reached his peak and he’s far from it. It didn't deal with global events only local ones. Tomorrow the killing follows up that story and again starts up as a good Fantasy Noire but quickly moves into larger grander things, with the initial “investigation” becoming the catalyst for everything that follows rather than the main driver of the plot.Tomorrow, the Killing starts off with the Warden attempting to track down the daughter of an aristocrat who has run off to Low Town to uncover the details of the death of her brother, a former commanding officer of the Wardens from his... more Army days. What follows is the Warden spreading mayhem and violence through a veterans association, various criminal gangs and black house. This is where I felt the book fell down a bit, the going was quite slow which I don’t mind but even though the story was told first person I still felt like a passenger with the Warden. Whilst I could see what the Warden was doing, I still wasn't sure why he was doing it or what the grand plan was. Eventually all becomes clear but that's only in the final few pages and for too long I wasn't able to see any steps ahead let alone understand and appreciate the Wardens plan.We have the same supporting characters here as before but I didn't really feel I learnt much more about them than I knew previously. None of them ever had anything to do that didn't revolve around the Warden other than a few brief trips for Wren, which I assume is being set up for later in the series. Tomorrow, the Killing was OK and it was a solid 7/10 but it never grabbed me and forced me to read on, if I understood the Wardens plans a bit more maybe I’d have been more involved. The series seems to be getting more and more praise for each volume so I might go and read subsequent entries but only when there’s less books in my to read pile. If you liked Low Town, you’ll love this and if like me you enjoyed it be didn't love it then it is worth giving Tomorrow, The Killing a try.
review 2: While it’s a sort of habit of mine to lend or more often give away my books, it’s been a long time since I was given someone else’s to read. Receiving a book of a friend, who loved it, is like discovering a world following in his or her footsteps, occasionally sharing a flinch or a smile, quite possibly even a chuckle here and there. Might you be physically a world apart, a shared story in a way will always unite you beyond realms of reality.A shared story and on this occasion sharp and beautiful prose, that makes you either a fan or jealous. Daniel Polansky‘s first book, The Straight Razor Cure left me thinking: ‘damn, this guy is good’. Reading Tomorrow The Killing this notion required changing to: ‘damn, this guy is good – and he knows it.’ He unquestionably uses the brush with more confident strokes, painting his characters stronger, the background bleaker, the storyline bolder, twisting you deftly around a grim tale of bitter delight.Even with trying my best to follow the plot closer this time, he was still ahead of me, turning his game up a notch or two since book one, leaving me looking like a little girl in front of a skilled magician, utterly lost in the spin as we went.I still loved how the interactions between the characters were fashioned, witty dialogues and purposeful strikes chiseling my reactions, at times nicking lighthearted giggles, at others drowning me in shades of bloody violence. I enjoyed learning more about the relationships between the Warden and those closest to him, making him easier to relate to and understand, if not necessarily accept his actions and the reasons behind them.Daniel Polansky presents the second Low Town instalment not just with talent, credit where it’s due, but also with perceptible passion and pride in his work. I look forward to finding out how he concludes the series and how exactly he’s proposing to serve us all up to She Who Waits. less

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