FaithlessBy: Graham Austin-King
My Rating: Two out of Five Stars
My fault…I should have done a better job understanding what the sub-genre “grimdark” means.
I guess “grim” and “dark” should have been my first clues…
Parents selling their children to slavery. Pedophile Priests. Sadness. Despair. Self-repulsion. Gratuitous language. Grim. Dark.
I couldn’t finish. I read 20%, skimmed the middle, got the idea, and read the end. I never do that.
I get why it’s so loved. The writing is fantastic…the despair is real. I felt claustrophobic just reading about working in the mines. To those who appreciate powerful writing that stirs (negative) emotion, I understand your enthusiasm.
This wasn’t for me.
Happy Reading! (But not if you read this book.)
One Man Book Club 
3 responses to “#Faithless: Ah…So that’s what “Grimdark” means.”
Yep, grimdark is bad stuff. If a book has that tag, I almost automatically stay away from it now. Well, at least you now you know, right?
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Yep. Lesson learned. Hopefully I took the bullet so someone else won’t have to!
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Sadly, I have found that someone has to really experience grimdark before making up their minds. 😦
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