Low Town: The Straight Razor Cure: Low Town 1

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Who is he, what is he? You’ll have to read for yourself as to reveal I think would detract from the style the author has set upon with this story..... its all about a slow release of information, that much I can tell so if you like that sort of story I recommend you give this a whirl. The Author Resource Round Table on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/116489?group_id=26989 Let me start by saying that 'The Straight Razor Cure' is unlike most books I `typically' read. While it's classed as fantasy, it actually comes across as more of a crime noir that just happens to be set in a secondary world - and this is by no means a bad thing. The novel combines different elements of various genres: we have a former detective investigating the crimes of a sinister serial killer, underlying messages about class division, a grimdark setting, and a few aspects of traditional high fantasy, such as magic. It's fresh and interesting, and an additional dark undertone is provided by the numerous parallels between Polansky's fictional universe and our own world. The easy way up to the High Town is the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, a funicular that shoots up the 64% gradient.

Polansky's writing is confident and punchy from the offset. The action rips along at a brilliant pace allowing us to experience this gritty world through the eyes of a thrilling, dangerous, flawed, yet strangely endearing protagonist. This is modern, dark fantasy at its best and a debut to be envied." -- British Fantasy Society Well, see for yourself. It's not a bad book and apparently there's a feel that many readers like immensely and really get into. It must be a matter of taste. For me this was mediocre at best. Will I follow it up? When you contemplate Bridgnorth’s High Town from the east bank of the Severn, two churches stand out across the river. After withstanding the siege for three weeks, the Royalists surrendered on 1 April 1646, before the tunnel could be completed.Prior to the 1760s, North Shields was little more than a series of buildings which had been constructed along the riverside and referred to as the ‘Low Street’ with many of the houses, workshops, chapels and public houses piled up the banksides and reached by a series of steep stairways.

Between 1914 and 1938, many of the old buildings and concentrated masses of tenement houses that once filled the bank sides were demolished during a slum clearance programme with hundreds of these residents being relocated to the newly built Balkwell and Ridges Farm estates. It was bought by the MP for Stone, Sir William Cash in 1969 (father of the current owner) and following a restoration has welcomed the public on open days since the 1970s. A fun rural outing if you’re in Bridgnorth with younger children, Rays Farm has friendly domestic animals, paths in ancient woodland and soft play areas.

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I also felt like there were a number of characters that didn't really do enough to justify how much space they took up, and consequently they were completely left out of the conclusion and left to dangle. It is one thing for a story to make good on its promises, another for a story to be well told, but perhaps both the least and most important factor is whether or not the story is fresh or nuanced. A new tv show about people surviving a zombie apocalypse had better have something unique about it when compared to The Walking Dead, or else the new show will come across as bland or uninspired. I never connected to the Warden. He is so broken and I should love him as a have a penchant for broken characters that need to be saved. But I never wanted to save him. The pace is so uneven it made me think I was suffering from ADHD. One minute the story was gripping and captivating and stuff, and the next I was skimming away like a maniac. Towards the end I think I skimmed more than I read. Sigh. The story might have been more interesting and faster paced, had the author focused a bit more on developing the world vs. trying waaayyyyyy too hard to make an atmospheric read of it. But he didn't, so it didn't.