Here's what you probably need to know. This is a gloriously multi-genre-mashing horror/fantasy/SF epic. The blurb doesn't do it justice.
Think SK's Dark Tower meets IT. Flavor it well with gorgeous small-line language that's some of the best, so evocative. Break up the story between two time periods ...more
Ten years ago, Zelda and a few of her college friends, including her girlfriend Sal, discovered that they could step from this world into alternate ones and that they have "knacks". But what sounds like a cool adventure full of exploration and bold stuff soon turned very dark because those "alts" ha ...more
Generally, I like Max Gladstone. He has a nice mixture of sci-fi, fantasy, and moody protagonists who also happen to be heroic. This particular novel is only a reluctant 4 stars, though.
The whole point of the novel is that the main characters were also struggling to fight "The Rot" between alternat ...more
It pains me to give a less than stellar rating to Max Gladstone, but this is the first book of his I've been disappointed with. How can a book about found family, road trip, end of the world, parallel universes and so on be so... boring?
I loved this author's Craft series. They are ...more