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Title: City Infernal by Edward Lee ISBN: 0-8439-4988-0 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: City Infernal
Comment: The latest novel from writer Edward Lee proves itself to be well worth your time, with characters you genuinely care about, and a fantastic climax, which leaves you wanting more.
This book is a great example of an original concept executed perfectly. The question asked is, "If human civilization has evolved over the years, would Hell have as well?" Lee provides a thoughtful answer, doing the initial question justice.
The main character, a Goth girl named Cassie, is still haunted by her sister's suicide, and the subsequent results. After seeing his daughter attempt suicide twice, despite counseling, Cassie's father decides that a change of scenery is the best thing for her. While exploring her new house in the countryside, Cassie discovers three teenagers living upstairs. After talking with them, they reveal to Cassie that they are from Hell, and that according to history, Cassie is a powerful being, what they call an Etheress. Cassie is asked to accompany them to Hell, and at first she refuses. But when she realizes that this will give her a chance to finally say goodbye to her sister, Cassie agrees. From here, the novel begins to pick up steam, all the way trhough to the action-filled climax.
Lee has managed to create a horrific vision of Hell, unlike anything else ever written. He has taken great pains to write about this world to the smallest detail, and it shows, making the novel even more enjoyable.
This is one of the most ambitious novels I have read in quite a while. With a cast of characters you cannot help but enjoy reading about, this is one of the best novels I have read in a long time. You can't go wrong by picking this book up.
Matthew Costaris
Rating: 4
Summary: better than I expected
Comment: After reading City Infernal, I was reluctant to pry open the covers of this one, but I did and was quite surprised. It was a much better read than City, though I think Lee could have toned it down a bit on the vast variety of species that lurk in the city of Hell. Too many to keep track of and they only confuse the reader, in my opinion. But Lee also has one of the most inventive minds in the horror field. For the gore lovers out there, this book contains scenes sick enough to curl your stomach. Like when Cassie has to eat a creature's large eye to see what it has seen. I nearly gagged, but man, I loved it.
After all of the plot strands come together in the end, you are not disappointed. Satan's plan, which I won't reveal, is very disturbing. Will Cassie and her angel spoil his plot, or will there be another book in the series? I know the answer, but I'm not telling. Read the book. I think you'll like it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Touring Hell
Comment: I have heard a lot of great things about Edward Lee, so I couldn't wait to read one of his books. Finally I got "City Infernal". It was reminicent of Clive Barker's earlier stuff like "The Damnation Game". "City Infernal" is a horror fantasy novel about a young goth chic named Cassie. Her twin sister, Lissa (I did spell that right), commited a murder/suicide right in front of Cassie a couple of years ago. Now, Cassie has the chance to go into Hell to look for her. Hell itself is a brilliently imagined cityscape that is like a nightmare version of New York, Amsterdam, and other famous cities put together. Cassie finds out she is an Etheress, a living woman in just special enough circumstances to have magical powers in Hell. (I had a big problem with Cassie's just right circumstances; it feels like Lee made it up just for Cassie's situation.) Along the way she makes friends with Xeke, Via, and Hush, all suicides who can travel between Hell and Earth. They are Cassie's guide through Hell, which is filled with hidious monsters of Lovecraftian quility. I liked this book a lot. It is extreamly gory (though I'm told that Lee's earlier, non-commercial books are much more graphic) and the torture and violence is pretty intense. Lee is having a lot of fun with his geography, he has places like Iscariot Ave., River Styx, and many other occult references (including many Ceasers). Cassie is an ok hero, even though she hasn't accomplished her goal at the end of the book. Her side kicks are amusing and informitive. But where the book really gets it's kicks is in the demons and monsters. My favorite is Lilith, an incubus who slips onto Earth and nearly kills Cassie's father (that sequence was very unsettleing). The second half of the book (dealing with a waring faction of arch-angels rebelling against Satan, luckily it only the last forty pages or so) is no where near as good as the first half (basicly a guided tour through Hell). "City Infernal" is interesting for anyone looking for basicly Dante's Inferno light.
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Title: Monstrosity by Edward Lee ISBN: 0843950757 Publisher: Dorchester Pub Co Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Teratologist by Edward Lee, Wrath James White ISBN: 0972915796 Publisher: Medium Rare Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Sleeper by Steven Harriman ISBN: 0425188817 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Bighead : Author's Preferred Version by Edward Lee, Erik Wilson ISBN: 1892950138 Publisher: Overlook Connection Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: This Symbiotic Fascination by Charlee Jacob ISBN: 084394966X Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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