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Drood

a Novel
Jun 13, 2017therhiannamater rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I'm a huge fan of really atmospheric horror, the kind that gets under your skin and makes a nice cozy home there. This book certainly delivers. You can smell the stench and rot weeping out of the Thames and the smoke engulfing the cramped brothels and bars. You can practically feel the darkness caving in as the protagonist delves deeper and deeper into London's underground. There's quite a few directions this book could take, and I'm very glad it didn't take the obvious route. There is quite a bit of backstory that is stretched out over the course of the novel that might not interest some but the depth of the story is phenomenal.