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The Constantine Affliction (2012)

by T. Aaron Payton(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1597804002 (ISBN13: 9781597804004)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Night Shade Books

review 1: Ehh... this book was okay. There was a lot to like with the gender bending, some social commentary, the steampunk setting, the mysteries... but the story as a whole needed more depth, cohesion, and originality and less borrowing from other authors and villainous monologue. The romantic subplot was unconvincing and the problem with it was solved way too conveniently. The Lovecraftian turn seemed to come out of nowhere, and there was enough going on already that it wasn't necessary. (This is the second book I've read within the past year or so that pulled this same trick. SURPRISE! CTHULU! Lazy, and didn't work well in either book.) So overall... okay.
review 2: It's rare to read a period piece in which the writer gets the language to feel right without making it... more tedious. This book, though, is cute as can be (in a good way). The Constantine Affliction is one amusing ailment, you know, except for those poor souls who die of it. The story is fun and the dialogue is sharp and witty. My only complaint is that the author has not yet written his next offering. less

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