by Anton Strout
This is an interesting read. Simon Canderous used to be a petty thief, he's a psychometrist who now works for New York's underfunded and mostly secret Department of Extraordinary Affairs. He finds himself involved in a murder mystery when he spills coffee through a ghost. Things turn into a rol...
This is an interesting read.Simon Canderous used to be a petty thief, he's a psychometrist who now works for New York's underfunded and mostly secret Department of Extraordinary Affairs. He finds himself involved in a murder mystery when he spills coffee through a ghost. Things turn into a roller-co...
I really wanted to love Simon Canderous. It just didn't happen. With a strange mixture of serious and snark the story proceeded. The reality of what was happening was horrifying, yet the tone of the characters is slapstick. It left me feeling disjointed. The characterization was just as uneven as th...
I really enjoyed this book, it wasn't some "deep in meaning" book but it was a funny enjoyable read. If you enjoy Harry Dresden and The Dresden Files this is along the same lines.
This is like the American version of Simon Green without the complexity and original characters. I enjoyed this book but it was very uneven. Sometimes events were serious and intense or even realistically funny and other times the action and characters felt slapstick and two dimensional or like an o...
I know that when it comes to urban fantasy/paranormal, I am supposed to cut some slack when it comes to the first book; that sometimes, a series will not get as good until book #2 or #3. So, I'm ready to have low expectation on this. At the same time, male protagonist in UF is so rare, I really want...
Ghastly, er, ghostly. There are kernels of good ideas here, but for the most part the book is filled with tropes, awkward writing, intrusive explanations and wildly inconsistent characters. I kept putting it down in disgust, but picking it back up because my OCD disorder wanted to know the ending. ...
I loved the corniness of this novel. It wasn't terribly deep and I didn't quite care about the characters, but it was fun. I absolutely ADORE all the titles of the offices, the pamphlets and seminars, and just the general way the bureaucracy was set up--cultists having their own government divisions...
I nearly stopped reading this book several times. I'm not quite sure why I didn't except that I hate to leave a book unread and the books I'd ordered haven't arrived yet.My first problem is with the language. I'll freely admit that I have a bias against using Internet slang. For the most part I do...
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