Josep reviewed Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z Hossain
Review of 'The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Not my cup of tea.
Paperback, 168 pages
Published Aug. 13, 2019 by Tor.com.
Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday
SI CLARKE reviewed Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z Hossain
Review of 'The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The intense mythology of P Djèlí Clark meets the cutting wit of Christopher Moore in this biting satire set against a richly imagined, jewel-encrusted world.
Melek Ahmar, the Lord of Mars, the Red King, the Lord of Tuesday, Most August Rajah of Djinn wakes after a slumber of several millennia to find the world a markedly different place than he remembers. He falls in with Bhan Gurung, a gurkha with a dark secret. Together, they set out to wreak havoc in Kathmandu.
Between 4 and 4.5 stars. Not quite enough to justify rounding up. Its one flaw was that the lack of visual cues meant I struggled to picture what was happening. The descriptions feel very close to the characters, making it hard to envision the setting in which it all takes place.