Post by sturgeon on Jan 23, 2023 11:29:48 GMT
This is an urban fantasy that would not be out of place in a Victorian penny dreadful. There's even a secret room in a London Underground tunnel.
The protagonist is a government-employed Ghostbuster who must exorcise a dangerous demon. All kinds of mumbo jumbo is employed to imply the severity of the supernatural risk: Lamiria, Goetia, binding jars, sigil tattoos, anchor stones (beware total protonic reversal!). All of this builds tension, and hints at a larger world that begs to be explored in next week's instalment.
It is competently written, and fun, but in my cantankerous opinion adds nothing new to a well-worn genre. Furthermore, it's all a little too... easy: There's an evil spirit (deduced from a brief testimony that is taken entirely at face value), our protagonist equips himself with magic paraphernalia with only the barest of challenges, then the spirit is tracked down and contained with no further surprises.
So, I liked it, but not enough to back it. I vote no.
The protagonist is a government-employed Ghostbuster who must exorcise a dangerous demon. All kinds of mumbo jumbo is employed to imply the severity of the supernatural risk: Lamiria, Goetia, binding jars, sigil tattoos, anchor stones (beware total protonic reversal!). All of this builds tension, and hints at a larger world that begs to be explored in next week's instalment.
It is competently written, and fun, but in my cantankerous opinion adds nothing new to a well-worn genre. Furthermore, it's all a little too... easy: There's an evil spirit (deduced from a brief testimony that is taken entirely at face value), our protagonist equips himself with magic paraphernalia with only the barest of challenges, then the spirit is tracked down and contained with no further surprises.
So, I liked it, but not enough to back it. I vote no.
