Mervyn Peake is great at evoking strange, fascinating worlds and characters, but not that much at creating an engrossing plot. Maybe the following books will get a bit more eventful, there sure is enough build-up for that.
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Evocative, stunningly beautiful prose
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Slow pace |
| Mysterious, fascinating world | Story is confined to a single castle |
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Absolutely riveting, profound characters
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Visual novel & other stuff impressions 