Helpful Score: 1
I had both reactions as the 2 other reviewers here. I loved the attention to atmosphere and details of both Collins' and Dickens' lives, but I was burning for the book to have a point & eventually felt as disappointed as I was with another long epic with a wimpy, pointless conclusion: The Stand by Stephen King. For most of the book, I had the sense that Simmons was trying to imitate the long-winded expository style of the novels from Collins' and Dickens' time. If so, he succeeded; however, it's not a light read and on more than one occasion it felt like he had information and darn it, he was going to include it even if it made scenes interminable.
The book really is misnamed and misleading. "Drood" is really a novelized biography of Dickens and Collins' relationship. I don't think I would have made it through the book if I had read it. I chose to go with the unabridged audio recording and the narrator made it as enjoyable as it could be, given the book being read.
This reminded me of Simmons' book Carrion Comfort - huge, detailed, but endlessly circling and then meandering off into nowhere.
The book really is misnamed and misleading. "Drood" is really a novelized biography of Dickens and Collins' relationship. I don't think I would have made it through the book if I had read it. I chose to go with the unabridged audio recording and the narrator made it as enjoyable as it could be, given the book being read.
This reminded me of Simmons' book Carrion Comfort - huge, detailed, but endlessly circling and then meandering off into nowhere.
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