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professorfate's review against another edition
3.0
I have been rereading (or in some cases, reading for the first time), the entire "Wild Cards" series. I'm not sure if I've read this book before or not, and I know I didn't read the next one, so I'm at that point where I'm switching from reread to read.
In this book, we learn of a conspiracy called the "Card Sharks"--a secret cabal of individuals who want to completely eradicate the Takisian virus, no matter what it takes (think Republicans and poor people, or Democrats and fiscal discipline, or the Tea Party and common sense). It is up to a small group of mostly jokers to expose this group and stop their plans.
The reason I'm giving it three stars is because I didn't feel it needed to be as long as it was. I think it suffers from "second in a trilogy" problems, where the second book or movie in a trilogy has to do a lot of exposition to transition from the first whatever to the last (think "Back to the Future II").
It was still a fun read, but there are some plodding parts that you have to get through.
In this book, we learn of a conspiracy called the "Card Sharks"--a secret cabal of individuals who want to completely eradicate the Takisian virus, no matter what it takes (think Republicans and poor people, or Democrats and fiscal discipline, or the Tea Party and common sense). It is up to a small group of mostly jokers to expose this group and stop their plans.
The reason I'm giving it three stars is because I didn't feel it needed to be as long as it was. I think it suffers from "second in a trilogy" problems, where the second book or movie in a trilogy has to do a lot of exposition to transition from the first whatever to the last (think "Back to the Future II").
It was still a fun read, but there are some plodding parts that you have to get through.
benlundns's review against another edition
3.0
Man, of all the Wildcard books I've read, this one felt most like a chore to get through. I don't know if it was the authors or just the content, which feels like a lot of buildup for the final book in the series. There are stories that don't even seem to have a place in the main narrative. One story is a girl with a hidden wildcard talent feels bad and goes to Jerusalem? What is the point of that? There are a couple of hints to things that will pay off down the road, but the clips between chapters was really the only important parts, everything else was just extraneous side tangents that didn't really contribute to the story as a whole.
citizen6174's review
2.0
Maybe 2.5? Such a let down coming off a five star book! Sometimes i feel it’s unfair to rate these mosaic style books because there can be some really great stories in there and some doozies. This was one of those-even the Bagabond story was so boring i had to skim through it. Some of the highlights were seeing Hartmann and the next to last story in the book with Finn and Clara, though i could have done without the graphic and descriptive centaur/human sex scene
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