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Procession Of The Dead (2008)

by D.B. Shan(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0007261306 (ISBN13: 9780007261307)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Voyager

series

The City Trilogy

review 1: This was a trippy, twisted ride. I really enjoyed the fresh plot, the interesting mechanics behind the cumulative "bad guy" which questions who really is bad. There isn't a hero, and there isn't a savior which really caught me off guard. I'd liken it to Chuck Palahniuk's stories in that they are shocking and they go against the traditional story line. I gave it a 3 only because I wasn't too impressed with the character progression, but that could be because of my own reading preferences. I'd definitely recommend it if you're looking for a story that's walking along side the beaten path and makes a sudden veer right.
review 2: Capac Raimi arrives in "The City" to become a gangster and to begin a sinful life. Before he knows it though he has become favoured by th... moree Cardinal, the ruthless gangster who runs the City and begins to discover how much of his life the Cardinal has control over. It begins as a decent gangster story with a few weird elements, from an impossibly good assassin to a woman whose face looks considerably younger than her age. The move to fantasy is a bit sudden but for me it worked really well. Capac is a great character because despite being a nasty villain and someone you wouldn't want to be friends with, you still feel for him and want him to have a good life, although you know he won't. He really is ruthless in the latter stages of the book and Shan leaves nothing to the imagination. This is gory and brutal and there's some pretty graphic sex scenes too. The way it reads might feel like Shan's young adult books but this is properly for adults. An original fantasy story which is grounded in reality. Impossible to predict and full-on, this is Darren Shan showing he is at least as good at writing for adults. less

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