Carrion Comfort

Carrion Comfort is an action-adventure thriller with supernatural elements. The novel is loaded with social and political commentary. It is not enough that the powerful evil beings Simmons created can control others with their mind and feed off incredible violence, but they are also racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic etc. (One of the main villains was a Nazi; another is a racist old southern lunatic; a third is a Harvey-Weinstein type Hollywood producer.) The heroes who dare to fight them (with incredible violence) are underdogs representing historically oppressed groups. It's not meant to be subtle (I'm guessing). While superficially epic and action packed, it was really boring at times. It felt very long and scattered compared to Simmon's [b:Song of Kali 3979 Song of Kali Dan Simmons https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1165368440l/3979.SY75.jpg 1623747], which explored similar themes but was tight and focused. All the various plans and schemes and betrayals and confrontations in Carron Comfort get jumbled up and lack trajectory.