 You have to feel sorry for Phil, his boss is an idiot who is a slave to performance projections rather than the cold hard reality of the job at hand. His daughter is rebelling against his split with his wife, in the only way that a daughter can, and to top it all off his patients are mysteriously dying on him. which sadly, isn't a great thing for a crisis team psychiatric nurse practitioner. However, a chance meeting with a tenebrous Daniel opens Phil's eyes to a conflict that is raging just beyond the veil a conflict that could see the end of us all. To win, we must destroy The Night Clock. If there is one thing that this reviewer truly enjoys is a good wainscot fantasy....... You have to feel sorry for Phil; his boss is an idiot who is a slave to performance projections rather than the cold hard reality of the job at hand. His daughter is rebelling against his split with his wife, in the only way that a daughter can, and to top it all off his patients are mysteriously dying on him. Which sadly, isn't a great thing for a crisis team psychiatric nurse practitioner.
However, a chance meeting with a tenebrous Daniel opens Phil's eyes to a conflict that is raging just beyond the veil a conflict that could see the end of us all. To win, we must destroy The Night Clock. If there is one thing that this reviewer truly enjoys is a good wainscot fantasy....... and with The Night Clock Paul Meloy has crafted a complex, heart-breaking and deeply moving tale that draws upon Paul's experiences as a psychiatric nurse to give a sensitive portrayal of mental health issues. The Night Clock is an engrossing read that successfully manages to combine the mundane realities of life in our world with the fascinating, and fantastical world of Firmament Surgeons, a brave and strange band of heroes who have been charged with defending the realm against the hate filled rage of Autoscapes. Think Masterton's Night Warriors mixed with otherworldliness of Sapphire and Steel and you be getting close to describing the sense of wonder that Meloy invokes as he drip feeds the true nature of the world beyond the veil to the reader. Told from multiple viewpoints, with characters dropping in and out sometimes at furious speed, lends the narrative a unique choppy feeling, that at times has a disorienting effect on the reader. This may sound like a negative point, but it serves the narrative structure and overall feel of the novel perfectly. In some ways it allows the reader to feel the same sense of turmoil and bafflement that Phil experiences throughout the story. It also gives the story a rapid must turn the next page sense of pacing. It's a dark tale that deals with some of the unsavoury facets of human nature such as suicide, depression, and improper sexual desires, and yet Meloy presents a sympathetic take on them, even when our hero of the book is having some unsavoury thoughts about the student nurse under his care. The Night Clock is a wondrous and beautiful tale, full of great imaginative ideas and compassionate characterization. It is a story that many readers will find deep affecting, one that will have a long lasting effect on their state of mind. A fantastical horror with a strong heart and a great sense of whimsy and humour. It is not afraid to look staright into our hearts and minds to take a long hard look at what makes our own personal night clocks tick. PURCHASE A COPY OF THE NIGHT CLOCK Comments are closed.
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