Gormenghast (Gormenghast Trilogy Book 2)

If you've never read him before the first and this book are highly recommended. so much more than just fantasy

This is one of my favourite all time novels, it is one of the most unusual stories I have read, written with exquisite language. Mervyn Peake was a master of the written word, a genius. (And a very good painter too, for that matter!)

Gormenghast is in my opinion the greatest work of imaginative, original and descriptive fiction I have ever read.It isn't Tolkein, it's nothing like his work. It IS unique. The characters are brilliantly written, bright, mad, dark, and bad; the descriptive passages - which can be whole chapters long - could only have been written by an artist of Peake's ability. The attention to detail will blow your mind.The plot is murderous - literally, with intrigue and betrayal, madness and merciless violence.Heck, Peake went insane himself after writing about it so much.If you're an author - or a wannabe writer - this book will probably have one of two effects on you - or both, but not simultaneously. First it will inspire you; but it can just as easily scare the crap out of you. It did me. But genius is genius. You can't argue with it, fake it or cultivate it. All you can do is admire it.Thank you for reading this review.

The best book I have ever read equal with Titus Groan.

Every thing an audiobook should be, excellent.

Excellent production of a classic. And perfectly packaged & delivered

Real twisting and turning story, very much a classic.

Buy the trilogy