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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
Exactly the sort of tosh ones hopes for from a Brookmyre book.
If you ever wanted to read a novel version of the movie True Lies but without any of the humor or charisma that Schwarzenegger and Curtis brought to the roles, than this is the book for you.
The book starts of all right, but then seems to turn into a farce by creating a series of unbelievable cliches and trying to present them as characters. You might be able to enjoy the farce if there was actually anything humorous going on.
On the plus side the book is fast paced and the technical descriptions (computer hacking and gravity well resolution as examples) along with the thought put into the action set pieces were nice. He seems like a capable writer, he simply took a swing and missed on this novel.
The book starts of all right, but then seems to turn into a farce by creating a series of unbelievable cliches and trying to present them as characters. You might be able to enjoy the farce if there was actually anything humorous going on.
On the plus side the book is fast paced and the technical descriptions (computer hacking and gravity well resolution as examples) along with the thought put into the action set pieces were nice. He seems like a capable writer, he simply took a swing and missed on this novel.
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye = (A Granny ^ kick arse) + Eclectic group of criminal mastermind do-gooders for hire.
If I forced myself to choose a favourite Brookmyre book, this may be the one I would choose. If I forced myself. Maybe.
The start of this book actually made me pretty damn angry. One character for what a complete tit he was, in every single way imaginable, and the other—his wife and main character of the story—for letting her life get taken away from her. For putting up with so much shite. For not standing up for herself. For so, so many things.
Enter Bett. Oh, I didn't like him at first either, but by the end, in fact, quite a way before the end, I thought he was rather adorable. And I wanted—still want—more books on him and his team getting into all sorts of adventures.
The good and the bad about Brookmyre. So good at creating characters I can feel strongly about, one way or the other, and creating people and groups I want to read more about. So bad at making more stories happen. I guess he can't write stories forever about everyone, but I bloody well wish he could.
If I forced myself to choose a favourite Brookmyre book, this may be the one I would choose. If I forced myself. Maybe.
The start of this book actually made me pretty damn angry. One character for what a complete tit he was, in every single way imaginable, and the other—his wife and main character of the story—for letting her life get taken away from her. For putting up with so much shite. For not standing up for herself. For so, so many things.
Enter Bett. Oh, I didn't like him at first either, but by the end, in fact, quite a way before the end, I thought he was rather adorable. And I wanted—still want—more books on him and his team getting into all sorts of adventures.
The good and the bad about Brookmyre. So good at creating characters I can feel strongly about, one way or the other, and creating people and groups I want to read more about. So bad at making more stories happen. I guess he can't write stories forever about everyone, but I bloody well wish he could.