David Hofmeyr
Autore di Stone Rider
Opere di David Hofmeyr
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- South Africa
- Luogo di nascita
- South Africa
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, Great Britain
Paris, France - Istruzione
- Bath Spa University, MA in Creative Writing.
Rhodes University, Grahamstown (BD|Journalism) - Attività lavorative
- Strategy Partner
Author - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Branford Boase Award shortlist (2016)
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (2016)
Prix Pépetis (European translated fiction, 2015)
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 121
- Popolarità
- #164,307
- Voto
- 3.2
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 29
- Lingue
- 3
Well that was relentless action with some major Mad Max vibes, yet something was missing.
I can't quite pinpoint why this ended up 'good' as opposed to 'great', but I suspect it's because for most of the story the 'good guys' felt a little bit flat. It was maybe in the last quarter that I actually felt any kind of hope that they might make it out of the many...like numerous...fight for survival situations. It's a pretty grim future that David has created but I don't think I got enough of a feel for the world as the fast pace meant interesting elements were mentioned, but never fully developed. I do think this will have a lot of appeal so am happy to add it to my booktalk shelves.… (altro)