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Subterranean (John Constantine, Hellblazer)

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I love Johnny Constantine in all his trench-coaty, cigarette-smokey glory. This book was another fun romp through the mess that is John Constantine.
I want more.

I read this a little while ago, I found the writing was a little thin but overall a good story. He lacks some description especially in the beginning. I'll admit that one of my biggest draws to the Constantine saga is it's ability to dredge up the bowels of the Church. It seemed as though the author was frightened to bring up anything divine which is one of my biggest beefs, I had to keep checking the front cover to make sure I wasn't reading a harry potter book instead of a Constantine novel.

This one is a bit dull in the middle, helped to put me to sleep more than once. Start is ok, perks up in the end, too, as Constatine has to help defeat the Gloomlord, a human magus who has bound an elemental to his will to help power the magic that allows him to rejuvenate every day.

To this purpose, he sinks a small town in Cornwall down into his little Hollow Earth, to provide him with human grist for his magic mill.