Saturday, September 03, 2016

The Ferryman Institute by Colin Gigl

The Ferryman Institute  It took me a while to get interested in this one, but I did enjoy elements of it.  Charlie Dawson is the most important of the Ferrymen who encourage the dead to depart for their afterlife--'cause you know not everyone is ready to go.  He has done this for centuries and has become exhausted with the ramifications of the job.  The Institute finds him too valuable to let him retire, but Charlie can't continue much longer.

 Suddenly, he is given the opportunity to save a life rather than simply help the individual to move on.  

 Comparisons have been made to both Christopher Moore and Jasper Fforde.  I'm not a fan of Fforde's style--but I did love Moore's Lamb.  

 A lot of readers will probably appreciate The Ferryman Institute more than I did, but I did find it entertaining.  Moderately.  I did kind of like the allusions to Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.

 Read in June.  Blog review scheduled for Sept. 3, 2016.

 NetGalley/Gallery Books

 Fiction.  Sept. 27, 2016.  Print length: 432 pages.
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6 comments:

  1. Literary FelineSeptember 04, 2016 4:38 PM

    The premise of The Ferryman Institute is certainly interesting. I have a copy of this one. Hopefully I will enjoy it. I do like Jasper Fforde--at least the one book I've read by him. I wasn't too keen on the one Christopher Moore book I read, although I heard it wasn't one of his better ones.

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    1. jenclairSeptember 05, 2016 6:43 AM

      It was interesting, just not really a genre that appeals to me. The reviews on NetGalley are quite divided.

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  2. MelodySeptember 04, 2016 9:03 PM

    Not sure if this is a book for me but that afterlife thing and what the protagonist does fascinate me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Jenclair.

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    1. jenclairSeptember 05, 2016 6:57 AM

      It is one of those books that has a unique niche among readers. What would the genre be called? Comedic Speculative Fiction? Books by Douglas Adams, Jasper FForde, and Christopher Moore also fit this category.

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  3. IlianaSeptember 05, 2016 4:56 PM

    That's a great premise for a story! I hadn't hear of this one so good to hear about this. Unfortunately I haven't read Moore or Fforde but those are two writers who are still on my TBR list.

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    1. jenclairSeptember 06, 2016 12:02 AM

      It was an interesting premise and even if it is not my preferred genre, many readers will enjoy it.

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