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Drood

A Novel

By Dan Simmons

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| Hardcover | 9780316007023

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I scored this from LibraryThing Early Reviewers and the publisher was awesome enough to send me a finished book! Yes, it could double as a doorstop, but that's never stopped me reading a book before.
Drood is a shadowy figure met by Charles Dickens after a train accident at Staplehurst in whic ... (continue)

I scored this from LibraryThing Early Reviewers and the publisher was awesome enough to send me a finished book! Yes, it could double as a doorstop, but that's never stopped me reading a book before.
Drood is a shadowy figure met by Charles Dickens after a train accident at Staplehurst in which many people died. Dickens tells our narrator, Wilkie Collins, that it almost seemed Drood was stealing the souls of the dying. Drood was kind enough to tell Dickens where he lives, setting Dickens and Collins on a trip to London's undertown in search of the creature. And so begins Collins's odyssey. His search for Drood as well as his attempts to supersede Dickens in the hearts of the reading public.
While reading, I was constantly seized by the urge to reread The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which I haven't read in decades as well as the urge to learn more about Collins and read more of his work, especially The Moonstone. Which means, I think, the book succeeded in many ways. I had one issue with it, which I'm not spelling out because while not a specific spoiler, it could be considered one.
All in all, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

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