The Vorrh

I started this book, but had to put it down as it boring me to tears. It was compared to work by China Mieville - from what I read, I don't think so. I may try this again in the future.

I loved it and hated it at the same time.

Love — the prose
Hate — the lack of overarching structure

Multiple points of view and stories of monsters, angels and historical characters circle around a forest in Africa that might be Eden. It doesn't quite pull together it's huge ambitions but there again it's only the first part of trilogy so maybe it will.

The prose in this is exceptional. I made the mistake of listening to it in audio format, which denied me the chance to really linger along some of the sentences.

Beautifully written and utterly original. It's so different it took me a very long time to wrap my head around how to even view it.