Sunday, March 29, 2026

Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall

Published March 10, 2026 from Tor Books

A pretty fun opening. The narrator has a very distinctive voice.

 

1: I like that it’s establishing the narrator’s state of mind, but all these abstract descriptions make everything feel distant.

2: This description is more specific and fun.

3: Or maybe time to go to therapy.

 

I like the chatty style but this is still a lot of terms that we don’t have any context for.

 

Sometimes a bunch of worldbuilding references can be fun, and some of these do sound pretty cool, but it feels like an overload of new concepts.


It’s starting to feel a bit info-dumpy.


Verdict: Some fun concepts and narration, but a little too dense with terminology.


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