AWARDS, REVIEWS & PRESS

“Adrian M. Gibson completely breaks the mold of conventional storytelling in Mushroom Blues, a wonderfully weird, darkly disturbing and freakishly fungal sci-fantasy noir debut that is more dangerously addictive than any drug imaginable.”

Review of Mushroom Blues on Grimdark Magazine by Esmay Rosalyne. Read the full review here.

“With Mushroom Blues, Gibson has pulled off some of the best worldbuilding you’ll find in a debut… Come for the fungal growth, stay for the character growth: the only thing more impressive than Gibson’s colossal imagination is the size of his heart.”

9.5/10 review of Mushroom Blues on FanFiAddict by Ed Crocker. Read the full review here.

“The prose is clean, precise, and beautiful. Its pacing is breakneck and breathless. This is a story arc that carried me through the whole gamut of emotions: horror, fear, grief, awe, resentment, empathy, love, relief.”

Review of Mushroom Blues on Before We Go Blog by Krystle Matar. Read the full review here.

“Mushroom Blues will send its spores into your imagination, and its ideas will grow so big, you can almost taste the mycelium wrapping itself around your brain. And it’s delicious.”

10/10 review of Mushroom Blues on FanFiAddict by Frasier Armitage. Read the full review here.

“[A] fast-paced narrative that brought this new, psychedelic, and gritty world to life. Mushroom Blues excelled at hitting many of the iconic beats of noir, while also turning many on their head. Overall, this debut impresses with how layered it is and, while primarily a character-driven story, the plot doesn’t lag too far behind.”

8.5/10 review of Mushroom Blues on Before We Go Blog by Eleni Argyró. Read the full review here.

“Mushroom Blues is enthralling from the first page. Detective Hoffman takes your hand and without asking takes you on a journey through a spore and mold filled world. I for one am all for the mushroom takeover.”

Review of Mushroom Blues by The Empty Bookshelf. Read the full review here.

“A police procedural story that is not afraid to go deep and, as a result, we have an excellent debut novel; Adrian M. Gibson has created something unique that I can't recommend enough.”

Review of Mushroom Blues by JamReads. Read the full review here.

“Overall, this was a really neat book and I’m glad I took the time to read it. I’m certainly not forgetting it any time soon. I also think I’ll continue on with the series to see where it’s going.”

Review of Mushroom Blues by Esme Weatherwax. Read the full review here.

“Mushroom Blues is a tightly written trip through the criminal underbelly of a pulpy cyberpunk inspired city. Themes of colonialism, trauma and addiction deepen the central narrative as the plot races feverishly to its powerfully psychedelic climax.”

Review of Mushroom Blues by Matthew Higgins on Fantasy Book Critic. Read the full review here.

“Mushroom Blues is an astounding debut novel. Confident, uncompromising and a relentlessly compulsive read, its one of my favourite reads of the year so far. With a mycelial mash-up of sci-fi, noir, body horror and social commentary, Adrian M. Gibson has only given us a glimpse of what he is capable of.”

Review of Mushroom Blues on Before We Go Blog by Luke Winch. Read the full review here.