CTD reviewed The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
Review of 'The Stress of Her Regard' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
re-reading this after a long interval
Paperback, 432 pages
English language
Published Aug. 1, 2008 by Tachyon Publications.
The Stress of Her Regard
by Tim Powers
4 stars
(4 reviews)
When Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to flee not only to prove his innocence, but to avoid the deadly embrace of a vampire who has claimed him as her true bridegroom. Joining forces with Byron, Keats, and Shelley in a desperate journey that crisscrosses Europe, Crawford desperately seeks his freedom from this vengeful lover who haunts his dreams and will not rest until she destroys all that he cherishes. Told in the guise of a secret history, this long-awaited tale of passion and terror is finally back in print after more than 20 years.
Corey reviewed The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
Review of 'The Stress of Her Regard' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This is not ‘easy’ fantasy; this is dense, intricate work more akin to ‘hard’ science-fiction in its approach to its subject matter. If you are easily befuddled by sentences such as “This phantom and the sphinx evidently each existed at specific intensities of the time-slowing they’d been experiencing—each of the apparitions only became visible or invisible as a viewer approached or receded from its characteristic point of the time spectrum,” you’re going to find Stress a grind of a read. Stress also defies easy categorization, being at any one time a historical fiction, a fantasy, a vampire novel, or all three at once. It brings in elements of Egyptian, European, and Middle Eastern mythology, resulting in a sometimes-breathtaking literary epic of scope and grandeur.
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Subjects
- Alternative History
- Fantasy - Historical
- Fiction / Alternative History
- Fiction