Going Under by Justina Robson
Have you ever walked into a movie half way through? Then you know how frustrating it can be as you try to work out who is who, and at least some rough idea of the plot. Well, add to that difficulty a strange mix of traditional magical beings where demons are good and imps are evil, and you have some idea of the problems I had with this book.
Apparently the last book in the series ended with Lila, our hero, marrying her true love. And this book started during the honeymoon, But so little background information is given that a hundred pages into the book I wasn’t sure whether Lila had married Zal or Teazle. Both were certainly in the room in the opening chapter. Or maybe the two are one, like Lila is also the necromancer Tath. Confused? I certainly was.
Unfortunately this confusion quickly became anger. I can’t remember the last time I couldn’t finish a book, but by the time I was half-way through, I was over it.
There are probably hundreds of Justina Robson fans out there who will be upset by this review. But they will have read the series, in order. I only had access to book 3. And Going Under drove me to distraction.
