Book Review
Jun. 14th, 2013 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariThe Inexplicables
by Cherie Priest
This is another book in the Clockwork Century series, and it delivers the same entertaining reading experience as the previous volumes. This time, we follow Rector Sherman, an orphan who recently reached his majority and finds himself out on his own. A drug addict, Rector has nowhere to go and few prospects outside of the (fairly literal, in his case) dead end of continuing as a dealer while using more than he sells. A combination of guilt and lack of options leads him over the wall into the Blight-infested wasteland of Seattle. While trying to find a place for himself and drying out from the drugs, Rector, along with familiar characters from the previous books, stumbles upon the presence of a mysterious creature and a plot by rival drug lords to sabotage and take over Seattle.
This book follows the same narrative outline as the previous ones: a long period of exploring both the world and the characters, a set up for the main action, and then a climactic, action-packed finale. Is this repetitive? Maybe, but it works. Given the age and circumstances of Rector, The Inexplicables has a lot more of a bildungsroman aspect to it, but his drug addiction gives it a different dimension that keeps things interesting.
by Cherie Priest
This is another book in the Clockwork Century series, and it delivers the same entertaining reading experience as the previous volumes. This time, we follow Rector Sherman, an orphan who recently reached his majority and finds himself out on his own. A drug addict, Rector has nowhere to go and few prospects outside of the (fairly literal, in his case) dead end of continuing as a dealer while using more than he sells. A combination of guilt and lack of options leads him over the wall into the Blight-infested wasteland of Seattle. While trying to find a place for himself and drying out from the drugs, Rector, along with familiar characters from the previous books, stumbles upon the presence of a mysterious creature and a plot by rival drug lords to sabotage and take over Seattle.
This book follows the same narrative outline as the previous ones: a long period of exploring both the world and the characters, a set up for the main action, and then a climactic, action-packed finale. Is this repetitive? Maybe, but it works. Given the age and circumstances of Rector, The Inexplicables has a lot more of a bildungsroman aspect to it, but his drug addiction gives it a different dimension that keeps things interesting.
