Barron's storytelling was simply much more ensorcellating in "Imago" and "Occultation." I felt the narrative flow was sacrificed in exchange for building up characterizations that ultimately did nothing much to improve the story.Īll in all, I do recommend you borrow/rent this book, but "Imago" and "Occultation" are better purchases. Look, we all know how occult/cosmic stories usually end, so the magic of these things is really in the unraveling/unveiling of the story leading to the bitter comclusion. I also had issues with the narrative flow of the stories. (Exhibit A: Hand of Glory.) Honestly, the way the characters were built required an immense suspension of belief that made me wonder if Barron was pandering to the older white males in the target audience inviting them to imagine themselves in the protagonists' shoes, plausibility be damned. The way the characters were built was especially jarring, and this made even Laird's typically beautiful and mellifluous writing seem so forced and unconvincing, especially when it's in first-person speech. This was a commendable effort at attempting to blend crime/noir fiction with cosmic/occult horror, but they simply didn't meld together all that well. I loved The Imago Sequence & Occultation so much better.
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