The suspense and psychological cluster (*(^ that follows though it a little hard to sort out. I really felt like I was there walking right a long side Collins. When Dickens and Collins venture out into the city slums looking for Drood, the imagery and description is by far one of the best I have read. Simmons does a fantastic job recreating a gritty, dirty, creepy, horrifying turn of the century London. He also seemed to really ‘get’ Collins’ character and used lots of Gothic fiction elements (ghosts, psychological breakdown, impending doom, drug use etc).
Simmons definitely nailed the Victorian writing style which added a sense of authenticity to the story as his sentences were long, wordy, and with a flair for the eccentric. The witty humor which the Collin’s character brings to the novel is great, I often found myself LOL-ing all over the place and I especially loved the ‘Other Wilkie’ interaction (or lack there of) throughout the novel. Collins often collaborated with the famous Charles Dickens in real life. The book is written from the famous English author Wilkie Collins (famous works include The Woman in Whiteand The Moonstone) perspective. I’ll admit when I first started it I was completely hooked and into it but sadly as the weeks went by I had to force myself to finish it. This book started as a generally promising suspense/horror story but ended up being a huge disappointment. I wanted to read something that was scary and suspenseful with a historic Victorian London flair. I recently picked up this book ( Drood by Dan Simmons) in anticipation for Halloween.
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