Book Review
Oct. 6th, 2007 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariDark Cities Underground
by Lisa Goldstein
Goldstein's books seem to be kind of hit or miss. This one's a little of both. It's an urban fantasy novel about Ruthie, a journalist, and Jerry, the son of a famous children's author, who discover that Neverwas, the world of the books, is actually real. It's the Nether Lands, an underground place of myth and archetypes which in the modern era has become connected to the world's subway systems. It's actually a pretty neat idea, and I particularly liked the way that Goldstein focuses on Egyptian mythology. However, I thought that the book was way too short. I wished that Goldstein had slowed down and spent a lot more time on just about everything: characters, setting, manifestations of myth, etc.
by Lisa Goldstein
Goldstein's books seem to be kind of hit or miss. This one's a little of both. It's an urban fantasy novel about Ruthie, a journalist, and Jerry, the son of a famous children's author, who discover that Neverwas, the world of the books, is actually real. It's the Nether Lands, an underground place of myth and archetypes which in the modern era has become connected to the world's subway systems. It's actually a pretty neat idea, and I particularly liked the way that Goldstein focuses on Egyptian mythology. However, I thought that the book was way too short. I wished that Goldstein had slowed down and spent a lot more time on just about everything: characters, setting, manifestations of myth, etc.
