reading (3 fer)
Oct. 24th, 2013 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eorThe short version, Asimov's December an interesting mix. The Fig Eater better to miss. The Markhat Files: noir light.
What can I say about The Fig Eater? It was too busy being deep and mystical to make sense. This being based on Freud's Dora, anyone familiar with the case would expect some nasty male characters. They are there and appropriately unsympathetic. But most of the female characters are extraordinarily nasty human beings, using anyone they have the opportunity to and having zero empathy. The detective has more empathy than the female characters! In the end the plot is sacrificed on the altar of mysticism in a fashion that is not fantastic but dull.
The Markhat Files files make for some fun light reading in an fantasy noir populated with ogres, vampires, and disparity of income. The stories aren't incredible or awesome, but it's fun and a quick read.
50. Asimov's December 2013
51. Jody Shields The Fig Eater
52. Frank Tuttle The Markhat Files
What can I say about The Fig Eater? It was too busy being deep and mystical to make sense. This being based on Freud's Dora, anyone familiar with the case would expect some nasty male characters. They are there and appropriately unsympathetic. But most of the female characters are extraordinarily nasty human beings, using anyone they have the opportunity to and having zero empathy. The detective has more empathy than the female characters! In the end the plot is sacrificed on the altar of mysticism in a fashion that is not fantastic but dull.
The Markhat Files files make for some fun light reading in an fantasy noir populated with ogres, vampires, and disparity of income. The stories aren't incredible or awesome, but it's fun and a quick read.
50. Asimov's December 2013
51. Jody Shields The Fig Eater
52. Frank Tuttle The Markhat Files
