My Goodreads review: The Ferryman

[ankh_hpl]

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I suspect the fault may be mine & not the novel's, but I just couldn't warm up to most of the characters in this one. This is capital-L Literary science fiction, & very well written . . . but the people just left me cold. Maybe a little too country club for this native Wyomingite?

Also -- and again, probably me -- the elegantly twisted plotline took rather too long to get where it was going, even given the number of layers this onion turned out to have. This one is generally reviewed as a dystopia, but that turned out to be only one of the layers -- though, for me, one of the most compelling.

However, I have no quibble with the writing, & some of the imagery is stunning. I'd still be inclined to recommend this to folks who are looking for SF-flavored literature rather than literature-flavored SF, & are somewhat more patient with slow-burn plot convolutions.





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Comments

[rattfan]

Well, I just read the bit Amazon lets you read before you have to buy the book and it didn't really grab me at that point so I left it. Loved The Passage and sequels but this just didn't persuade me enough to part with the money. If it's not even a proper dystopia, not sure I'll bother!

Literary? Bring on the blood!

[ankh_hpl]

Not the droid you're looking for. Not The Passage (which I really enjoyed) or anything close. I don't think you'd find it worth the purchase -- I got it on Audible, which was a good performance but still left me cold.