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brittneylynn22's review against another edition
5.0
Back to Faust.
He’s in trouble. I’m not talking the normal kind of trouble for Daniel. I mean, there’s a timey-wimey- wibbly-wobbly thing going on and Daniel wakes up on the bus to a high-security prison known as The Iceberg.
In my constant attempt to avoid the dreaded spoilers I am forgoing talking about the who, what, where, when, why and how of this book. Instead I’ll tell you about the feelings associated with this book.
Since Daniel is our narrator and we only have his POV to work with we feel what he is feeling. And, for most of this book we fluctuate between confusion, anger, frustration and desperation. Daniel doesn’t know how he got to the Iceberg, doesn’t remember his own trial, knows he shouldn’t be locked up but cannot make anyone believe him.
Anger shows up when people are attacking Daniel, when he isn’t believed, when he realizes there is something crazy is going on and he cannot get out. The frustration and tension and worry builds and builds with this novel and, honestly, if I hadn’t come to the series so late in the game I would’ve been convinced Daniel would die in this book.
Daniel is desperate to be proven innocent, to get out alive. He also has a new worry, on top of how this all happened. Prisoners are disappearing. As no one has ever escaped and no guard will admit to the disappearances everyone knows something nefarious is going on. This brings in the fear aspect, one that Daniel tries to cover up in himself but honestly, how could it not be terrifying to literally be locked up with no way out?
Also, Craig Schaefer remains king of tone and consistency because even as he’s balancing the new environment we still have Daniel’s dark humor, cynicism and muddy morals on full display.
You cannot ask for much more in a long standing series.
As always, I have to leave you all with a quote by Mr. Faust.
“I could imagine I was on a college campus, if it weren’t for the fences, the gun towers, and the razor wire.”
– Daniel Faust, The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer
He’s in trouble. I’m not talking the normal kind of trouble for Daniel. I mean, there’s a timey-wimey- wibbly-wobbly thing going on and Daniel wakes up on the bus to a high-security prison known as The Iceberg.
In my constant attempt to avoid the dreaded spoilers I am forgoing talking about the who, what, where, when, why and how of this book. Instead I’ll tell you about the feelings associated with this book.
Since Daniel is our narrator and we only have his POV to work with we feel what he is feeling. And, for most of this book we fluctuate between confusion, anger, frustration and desperation. Daniel doesn’t know how he got to the Iceberg, doesn’t remember his own trial, knows he shouldn’t be locked up but cannot make anyone believe him.
Anger shows up when people are attacking Daniel, when he isn’t believed, when he realizes there is something crazy is going on and he cannot get out. The frustration and tension and worry builds and builds with this novel and, honestly, if I hadn’t come to the series so late in the game I would’ve been convinced Daniel would die in this book.
Daniel is desperate to be proven innocent, to get out alive. He also has a new worry, on top of how this all happened. Prisoners are disappearing. As no one has ever escaped and no guard will admit to the disappearances everyone knows something nefarious is going on. This brings in the fear aspect, one that Daniel tries to cover up in himself but honestly, how could it not be terrifying to literally be locked up with no way out?
Also, Craig Schaefer remains king of tone and consistency because even as he’s balancing the new environment we still have Daniel’s dark humor, cynicism and muddy morals on full display.
You cannot ask for much more in a long standing series.
As always, I have to leave you all with a quote by Mr. Faust.
“I could imagine I was on a college campus, if it weren’t for the fences, the gun towers, and the razor wire.”
– Daniel Faust, The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer
weirdnoirmaster's review against another edition
4.0
A few concerns about the style aside (okay, one too many sentence fragments, which is the #1 overused trick in modern style), this one just rocketed by. A good installment in a fun series.
barb4ry1's review against another edition
3.0
That was something.
Daniel swears off his criminal ways for good and quietly does his time behind bars. He thinks about his life and starts to see where things went wrong. He becomes a better man who realizes he must pay his debt to society.
The book follow his heart-breaking transformation into a law-abiding citizen.
In a parallel world that is.
Because in our world Craig Schaefer has different plans for Daniel. As a cruel man he torments Daniel without mercy.
The Killing Floor Blues picks up where the last book left off. Faust wakes up to find himself in a maximum security prison for a murder he did not commit. He doesn't remember the trial. Some powerful magic was involved.
Inside the prison, things aren’t merry and joyful – prison politics and tension between races are pretty tense. Guards are sadistic psychos who won’t hesitate to kill prisoner for fun. Some weird stuff is happening in Hive B - prisoners are disappearing.
Faust uses his wits and magic to save his neck and bust out of prison. While the book was pretty good and easy to read it didn’t charm me as much as previous entries.
Plotting wasn’t bad but felt a bit weaker than in previous books. Some twists and parts of the story were strong and creative. Others felt a bit forced. Plot is balanced between the human threat of the prison and the magical threat of the mysterious Guy with a Cheshire Smile. Everything is resolved reasonably well. I would, however, like to know why Warden Lancaster does what he does . Bad guys motivations were very shallow and they mostly fell flat.
In short, good fun, perfectly readable and enjoyable. To me, though, weaker that previous three books.
Daniel swears off his criminal ways for good and quietly does his time behind bars. He thinks about his life and starts to see where things went wrong. He becomes a better man who realizes he must pay his debt to society.
The book follow his heart-breaking transformation into a law-abiding citizen.
In a parallel world that is.
Because in our world Craig Schaefer has different plans for Daniel. As a cruel man he torments Daniel without mercy.
The Killing Floor Blues picks up where the last book left off. Faust wakes up to find himself in a maximum security prison for a murder he did not commit. He doesn't remember the trial. Some powerful magic was involved.
Inside the prison, things aren’t merry and joyful – prison politics and tension between races are pretty tense. Guards are sadistic psychos who won’t hesitate to kill prisoner for fun. Some weird stuff is happening in Hive B - prisoners are disappearing.
Faust uses his wits and magic to save his neck and bust out of prison. While the book was pretty good and easy to read it didn’t charm me as much as previous entries.
Plotting wasn’t bad but felt a bit weaker than in previous books. Some twists and parts of the story were strong and creative. Others felt a bit forced. Plot is balanced between the human threat of the prison and the magical threat of the mysterious Guy with a Cheshire Smile. Everything is resolved reasonably well. I would, however, like to know why Warden Lancaster does what he does . Bad guys motivations were very shallow and they mostly fell flat.
In short, good fun, perfectly readable and enjoyable. To me, though, weaker that previous three books.
pulpmonkey66's review against another edition
4.0
A little bit of a departure for this series as it doesn't include the usual extras for the most part. Faust wakes up on a bus to prison two days after his arrest, but somehow everyone remembers a trial that never actually happened. I really enjoyed this book of the Faust series.
vinayvasan's review against another edition
5.0
Best book of the series by far especially given the change of setting on this one
The 2nd arc of Faust's journey has been fun. If book 4 was heist, book 5 is about a jail break and turns out to be rather well done. Following the events of book 4, and the start of book 5, there is a searing sense of confusion surrounding Faust, a curse that affects a lot of people's memories including Faust, necessitating a jail break. Now when the aforementioned prison hosts an illegal fighting league, a clash between warring clans as well as an escalation of stakes outside, Faust finds himself juggling more things even as he tries to engineer the jail break
The pacing of this book is stunning, the revelations on the broader nature of the story fed piecemeal and the hidden nature of the true enemy and Faust's importance revealed. Truly fun and sets up book 6 rather well
The 2nd arc of Faust's journey has been fun. If book 4 was heist, book 5 is about a jail break and turns out to be rather well done. Following the events of book 4, and the start of book 5, there is a searing sense of confusion surrounding Faust, a curse that affects a lot of people's memories including Faust, necessitating a jail break. Now when the aforementioned prison hosts an illegal fighting league, a clash between warring clans as well as an escalation of stakes outside, Faust finds himself juggling more things even as he tries to engineer the jail break
The pacing of this book is stunning, the revelations on the broader nature of the story fed piecemeal and the hidden nature of the true enemy and Faust's importance revealed. Truly fun and sets up book 6 rather well
milanp87's review against another edition
4.0
It was interesting with an okay plot. But an entire book feels like a filler a setup for future novels. It barely answered any questions fron previous book and yet it raised many new ones and put in play so many new plots. Hope all of them actually get resolved.
And again I hope Caitlin and Fausts relationship doesn't implode due to Nadines machinations. I like them as a couple.
Next one in the series should be good.
And again I hope Caitlin and Fausts relationship doesn't implode due to Nadines machinations. I like them as a couple.
Next one in the series should be good.
maraya21's review
5.0
🔥 Time for us MacHalos to bake a cake for lovely Danny boy! ;P 🔥
W O W. F U C K I N G W O W. W O W
Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick!
Can you spell "Brutal"?
Cause I can: Daniel Fucking Faust bitches!
~ Pre-Read Review type thingy ~
W O W. F U C K I N G W O W. W O W
Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick!
Can you spell "Brutal"?
Cause I can: Daniel Fucking Faust bitches!
~ Pre-Read Review type thingy ~
pearlc's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
sarknado's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
cinemazombie's review
5.0
An inescapable prison, gang warfare, reality-warping paperwork, celebrity-attended death matches, and a dimension-killing elder god - who ties them all together in the prison break of the century? Daniel Faust, that's who.