Sunday, March 30, 2025

Review: Titan Song

Titan Song (The Carter Archives, #3)Titan Song by Dan Stout
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This series is fascinating in terms of the underlying mythology of the world. I am intrigued by various mysteries about magic, the origins of the different species, what is really under the city. The story has lots of action and some good humor. That said, I didn't love it. It sometimes tries a bit too hard to be noir and gritty. At times it falls into the 'telling instead of showing' trap. There was a bit too much self-righteousness about the downtrodden and the grasping rich and powerful. That gets a bit trite and repetitive after awhile. It's not unimportant for the story, but that's where the show me don't tell me comes in.

Still, if there was a book 4, I'd read it.

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