Kind of like a first draft that is underdeveloped and a little inconsistent.
Did I miss something? It felt so… fan fictiony. It was strange! It felt like parts of the story were missing. It started off pretty entertaining, but by the end of the book, I was left a little confused and feeling underwhelmed.Īfter a strong start, the story just gets choppy about halfway through the book. Ok… I don’t exactly understand all the hype with this novella. The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle. But when he delivers an occult page to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.Ī storm that might swallow the world is building in Brooklyn. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his black skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their trained cops. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.Ī storm that might swallow the world is building in Brooklyn.People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn’t there.Ĭharles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father’s head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their cops. People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there.Ĭharles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook.
One of NPR's Best Books of 2016, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the British Fantasy Award, the This is Horror Award for Novella of the Year, and a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards This month we are reading The ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle: PLEASE NOTE THE SLIGHTLY EARLIER TIME TOO AS THERE IS A CRAFT FAIR BEING HELD AT THE VENUE LATER IN THE DAY SO IT MAY GET BUSY (AND NOISY!) We would like to start promptly at 10:30 so if you can arrive a little early to order refreshments etc, that would be great. We've chosen a shorter book this time as there are only 3 weeks until we meet. Hope you can join us for the June Book Club at our new home at Blend the Nottingham Contemporary.
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