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Horrid!
Do it really want to read page after page of children being roasted alive, flayed, raped, murdered for entertainment? In this way it reminded me of Game of Thrones: not enough there there to tolerate the gratuitous horror. OK, the costumes are nice, but after a while the rest seems sickening and oddly tedious.
Perhaps it is a matter of taste. I am definitely not the audience for this novel.
For the record, I love Neil Gaiman though he is just on the edge of what I can take.
If you think Gaiman is too tame and LOVE Game of Thrones, go for it. If you prefer your creepy stories to be more like Bradbury, skip it.
