I read one book from this author and was not a pleasant experience. All his characters are dull, dead inside, etc. The story is boring. Overall: the book is boring.

This book just wasn’t for me at all. I found it slow and just couldn’t keep me interested, I thought it would be so much more, the writing was good, just not for me.

Firstly, the proof copy I read wasn't particularly well formatted (chapter titles mingling with the starts of sentences was slightly confusing at times). What I did like about Snowflake was that I got a real sense of place about the town and its inhabitants who are not entirely there by choice, and the fact that when the inevitable happens at the end (no, I won't say what but it isn't totally a surprise), we are only given a hint of What Happened as Sedgwick refers to it. Some parts of it did seem a tiny bit random- Socrates the Goat for example whilst interesting enough in his own right doesn't really add much to the plot as it develops
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it overall, and I think I will re-read it when its published to see if my interpretation of the end is, as I think it is now, a lot more subtle than I initially thought an hour ago, when I finished ( in which case, I'd probably round up to 4 stars rather than 3). but as it stands , this is not one of Marcus Sedgwick's best, and definitely falls short of the wonderful Monsters We Deserve , for example.
Thanks to the publishers for the opportunity to review this

This book is well written and fast paced, yet I did find it hard to get into.
I can appreciate it for what it is, for the idea that the author is communicating. But this one just wasn't for me.

I thought there were some interesting ideas in this book, but I found it very slow going so didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

I had great hopes for this book and love the author however I gave up 60% into it. I was truly bored with it. The language was strange and the storyline was just odd. I thought it would be similar to 1984 in a way but no. I hate giving up on a book but this was probably one of the worst books I’ve ever read.