Graham McNeill

When bodies are found on the grounds of Mikatonic University, in Arkham, Massachusetts, a professor, reporter, and bootlegger must work together to solve the mystery that threatens the town.

Book One of the Dark Waters Trilogy

Ghouls of the Miskatonic

Kirsten Simkiss

Honestly, the overall impression that I got of this book was that I just didn't really care about it. It wasn't a bad book and I didn't want to slam it into a wall in irritation, but it just wasn't something I ever actively WANTED to read. I finished this book just to get the book off of my shelves. I'll give it 3 stars.

I felt the characters were weak in the story. There were a ton of them, and while it was generally pretty easy to tell them apart, I didn't ever have a reason to care about them which made reading this hard. All the characters had the same sort of tone to them, which made the reading a bit monotonous.

The plot wasn't bad, although I didn't know going into this that it was about Cthulhu and related cults. Ultimately, it's a book that took forever and a day to get to the climax of the story and then dropped IMMEDIATELY into the epilogue.

I definitely won't be reading further into this series. This may be your thing if you really, REALLY love Elderitch terrors, but honestly I think there are better stories relating to them out there.

Ghouls of the Miskatonic Book One of the Dark Waters Trilogy

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