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tobinlopes's review
4.0
An outstanding third book in the KOP series. Hammond is a Denver author who writes "hard-boiled" sci-fi. At least that's how he was sold to me a few years ago with the release of Ex-kop, the second in the series.
Of course, being me I went and started with Kop and LOVED it. Juno Mozambe was without a doubt a compellingly committed crazy-ass bad guy whose decided that he hated who he's become and took the first steps to redeem himself even while knowing that such a thing is impossible.
All three books, and this one is SO much more, start with a quick warm-up and then never let off the pacing. Gritty, twisted, knarly, and without mercy for any living thing - and that's just the planet on which the stories take place.
Hammond's KOP series should be atop the reading list of anyone who considers themselves a fan of crime, sci-fi, or noir.
I gave Kop Killer a 9/10 on my personal scale.
-tpl
Of course, being me I went and started with Kop and LOVED it. Juno Mozambe was without a doubt a compellingly committed crazy-ass bad guy whose decided that he hated who he's become and took the first steps to redeem himself even while knowing that such a thing is impossible.
All three books, and this one is SO much more, start with a quick warm-up and then never let off the pacing. Gritty, twisted, knarly, and without mercy for any living thing - and that's just the planet on which the stories take place.
Hammond's KOP series should be atop the reading list of anyone who considers themselves a fan of crime, sci-fi, or noir.
I gave Kop Killer a 9/10 on my personal scale.
-tpl
eastofthesunwestofthemoon's review
3.0
It moves along well, and it's a decent story, but it's too over the top in several areas and tries a little too hard on the "noir" front.
mrfrenchtoasts's review
4.0
In my review for the previous book in the series ([b:Ex-KOP|3135768|Ex-KOP (Juno Mozambe Mystery #2)|Warren Hammond|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312028142s/3135768.jpg|3167192]), I wrote “It doesn't get more gritty than this”. Well...I stand corrected. This book is in it own category of grittiness. It's weird, it's funny, it's dark, it's bleak, it's dirty. It's a good book.
rotorguy64's review
2.0
Not sure why I put this book on my to-read-list in the first place, but I know I wouldn't do it again. Like many other modern books, it tries to be realistic and gritty by showing way too many hookers, having adult characters talk too much about sex, and having an utterly unlikable main character. Seriously. Juno couldn't keep his composure for one scene, and when he's not telling us how badass he used to be, he's getting pummelled. That happened way too often. There was also a lot of violence, and while I am not opposed to violent fiction, I find it tasteless to only use it for cheap shock value. Trust me, my tolerance on this is high. I did not object to the dozen or so mass rapes, the cannibalism and the massacres in [b:Refugee|15454|Refugee (Bio of a Space Tyrant, #1)|Piers Anthony|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348609038s/15454.jpg|1734722], nor to the mutilations in [b:Use of Weapons|12007|Use of Weapons|Iain M. Banks|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388530572s/12007.jpg|1494156], but in KOP Killer, it was overly gratitious.
The book was not entirely without merit, it did have some pretty intense scenes. I liked how Juno spent half the book without one of his arms out of sheer stupidity, too. That was quite funny. It's not that he lost his arm in some stupid accident, no, he refuses, against all reason, to get a new arm. There was also a certain charme to the lizards running all over Warren Hammonds world. I like lizards, and apparently, so does he. The occasional good scene and a ton of lizards didn't redeem this book for me, however. I'd rate this 2.5 stars, rounded down for the sake of this review.
The book was not entirely without merit, it did have some pretty intense scenes. I liked how Juno spent half the book without one of his arms out of sheer stupidity, too. That was quite funny. It's not that he lost his arm in some stupid accident, no, he refuses, against all reason, to get a new arm. There was also a certain charme to the lizards running all over Warren Hammonds world. I like lizards, and apparently, so does he. The occasional good scene and a ton of lizards didn't redeem this book for me, however. I'd rate this 2.5 stars, rounded down for the sake of this review.
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