5.0 out of 5 stars
Great prequel to Scar Night, Jun 5 2008
This review is from: Lye Street (Hardcover)
I'm not generally fond of either short stories or novellas, but when written compellingly about a fascinating character, as Lye Street is, I can put aside the fact that I won't be able to spend much time with it and completely enjoy it.
This story is a prequel to (and leads directly into) the novel Scar Night. If you've read Scar Night or Iron Angel, you'll expect Lye Street to be twisted and creepy, and it doesn't disappoint: however, it adds in a layer of humanity which I feel the other two were missing. When I finished Lye Street, I felt I could truly sympathize with the insane angel, Carnival, as I never have been able to with any other character in the Deepgate Codex saga.
If you haven't read the other Deepgate books, you'll still be able to enjoy the bizarre, bleak world which Campbell paints, albeit in much less detail. Without that familiarity with the larger picture, however, it may read more like a strange fairy tale than part of a large scale fantasy epic.
I would recommend that, although this is a prequel, readers begin with Scar Night for maximum enjoyment. Ultimately, those who are fascinated by Deepgate and the character of Carnival should find this novella engrossing. Anyone coming into it fresh may want to reduce the star rating to 4.
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