I spotted this title and a few others in the series in the excellent Yorkshire Book Clearance Outlet in Skipton. I picked up the first one and delved in pretty quickly, thinking if it was good I'd get the rest...
The best thing about Dead Witch Walking is the set up: Rachel is a witch who works for an FBI-type unit that deals with crimes by supernatural beings - since a virus wiped out a quarter of the human population 40 years ago, werewolves, vampires and witches, among other things, came out of hiding and now exist semi-peacefully alongside humanity itself. I guess you could see a gay/straight parallel in there if you look closely. Anyway, Rachel decides to quit the bureau, moves into a church with her sexy vampire friend and pixy assistant in order to set up on her own...
but...
I've no idea how the book turns out though as I gave up halfway through. From an intriguing set up, Harrison over-writes an oddly uninvolving, and at times simply boring, plot. Maybe it is my Creative Writing course that has alerted me to poor writing, or maybe this is just plain bad. Either way, I semi-reluctantly gave up. I've decided that there are far too many other books out there to be read without wasting my time slogging through something I'm not enjoying. Needless to say, I won't be picking up any more books in this series.
briefly...
A crushing disappointment that did not live up to the promise of the premise.
No comments:
Post a Comment