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Finch
Written by Jeff Vandermeer
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Average Score:
78(9)
In Finch, mysterious underground inhabitants known as the gray caps have reconquered the failed fantasy state Ambergris and put it under martial law. They have disbanded House Hoegbotton and are controlling the human inhabitants with strange addictive drugs, internment in camps, and random acts of terror. The rebel resistance is scattered, and the gray caps are using human labor to build two strange towers. Against this backdrop, John Finch, who lives alone with a cat and a lizard, must solve an impossible double murder for his gray cap masters while trying to make contact with the rebels. Nothing is as it seems as Finch and his disintegrating partner Wyte negotiate their way through a landscape of spies, rebels, and deception. Trapped by his job and the city, Finch is about to come face to face with a series of mysteries that will change him and Ambergris forever.
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Book Details
Fantasy
Paperback,
320 Pages
Published
by Underland Press on November 03, 2009
ISBN-10 0980226015
ISBN-13 978-0980226010
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Reviews
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Boomtron
| Brian
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Review Rating: 100
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...Finch is one of the best books that I've read in years. It is also the book I've been waiting to read for years without knowing it.
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Strange Horizons
| David McWilliam
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Review Rating: 100
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Without doubt, Finch is a triumph in terms of both vision and execution.
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Graemes Fantasy Book Review
| Graeme Flory
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Review Rating: 95
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'Finch' is not only a gripping detective story but a triumphant conclusion to events set in motion a long time ago.
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Neth Space
| Neth
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Review Rating: 90
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VanderMeer's Finch is brilliant, his creations beyond strange, and it takes absolutely no reflection to be creeped out.
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Fantasy Literature
| Marion Deeds
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Review Rating: 80
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Finch, by Jeff VanderMeer, is an intricate, immersive fantasy novel with grace notes of detective noir and even espionage thriller.
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SF Signal
| John Ottinger III
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Review Rating: 80
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The vibrant storytelling of a perversely beautiful city and its hard-boiled detective is well worth the reading.
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The Green Man Review
| Elizabeth Vail
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Review Rating: 80
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Even amidst the surreal setting and characters, VanderMeer maintains the tone of a noir with terse, clipped descriptive sentences.
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SF Site
| Christopher DeFilippis
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Review Rating: 60
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Whether he succeeds in this [VanderMeer's willingness to constantly question the concept of a "traditional" novel and experiment with the form] with Finch is arguable, but the novel certainly imbues VanderMeer's fictional city of Ambergris with its trademark flair.
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SFX
| Tom Holt
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Review Rating: 20
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As it is, Finch is a big slice of confusing sandwiched between layers of unoriginal and dull, with a hard-boiled, half-baked mushroom topping.
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