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ogreart's review against another edition
3.0
MOre like a 3.5. An unusual mixture of a noir detective story, a dark fantasy, and humor. Weird mix, but it worked pretty well. The narrator did well. Enjoyable piece of brain candy.
wannabekingpin's review against another edition
5.0
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About the Book: Jack is a detective in Pandemonium, a realm between life, death, heaven, and hell. He’s pretty good at what he does, even though his partner, a homunculus who one day just moved into the empty cavern of Jack’s skull, would highly disagree: his plans are reckless, poorly thought out, and even deadly. Jack is also a zombie with a fairy dust addiction. According to him, that’s the only thing that keeps the flesh craving at bay. His partner doesn’t necessarily believe that either, but here Jack is. Out of dust, approaching a leprechaun for more. Except instead of dust he gets his ass roasted. And, let’s just say… Leprechaun meat is delicious.
My Opinion: The book consists out of small little mysteries, and one big one that drives the plot, gives back-story, world building, and background to people in Pandemonium, including Jack and his origins of being. There’s plenty of real fun and great things, like mermaids who want to eat you, and pixies who are a bit too big to be pixies, because their mothers were indeed pixies, but their father’s were human men, and nobody wants to ask HOW, nobody. And due to Jack not taking himself too seriously too, we get this great fast paced book full of dark and sometimes a bit vulgar humor, daring plans that somehow work, and heroes in the most unlikely places.
That was a great fun of a book, I can’t wait to put my hands on the second one. This one gets a 5 out of 5.
night mode reading ;
skaitom nakties rezimu
About the Book: Jack is a detective in Pandemonium, a realm between life, death, heaven, and hell. He’s pretty good at what he does, even though his partner, a homunculus who one day just moved into the empty cavern of Jack’s skull, would highly disagree: his plans are reckless, poorly thought out, and even deadly. Jack is also a zombie with a fairy dust addiction. According to him, that’s the only thing that keeps the flesh craving at bay. His partner doesn’t necessarily believe that either, but here Jack is. Out of dust, approaching a leprechaun for more. Except instead of dust he gets his ass roasted. And, let’s just say… Leprechaun meat is delicious.
My Opinion: The book consists out of small little mysteries, and one big one that drives the plot, gives back-story, world building, and background to people in Pandemonium, including Jack and his origins of being. There’s plenty of real fun and great things, like mermaids who want to eat you, and pixies who are a bit too big to be pixies, because their mothers were indeed pixies, but their father’s were human men, and nobody wants to ask HOW, nobody. And due to Jack not taking himself too seriously too, we get this great fast paced book full of dark and sometimes a bit vulgar humor, daring plans that somehow work, and heroes in the most unlikely places.
That was a great fun of a book, I can’t wait to put my hands on the second one. This one gets a 5 out of 5.
aclamadoautor's review against another edition
3.0
A fun story with great imagination and some hilarious ideas throughout. However, I felt the overall pace was a bit too fast. The plot was nice, but I think the story could have been better told if the rhythm was slower in some moments. However, I enjoyed the book and will definitely read the second one, Dead Jack and the Soul Catcher.
radruby's review
3.0
3.75, audiobook.
so i put this on at the beginning of a long trek in animal crossing and overall this is a really fun story.
i think it's impressive how many different aspects of the world building were layered in considering the length, and many facets of this i found very intriguing and wanting to know more about. that being said, i do think some pieces felt so rushed it was hard to feel the stakes were real in the big climactic ending and that did feel like a bit of a blur instead of a solid resolution. i also thought the jack seemed very interesting as a character and was pretty fleshed out (pun intended), with the exception of his WWII past and nemesis-that again felt quickly thrown in instead of developed which made it hard to be invested in, but perhaps future installments in the series will deepen that well.
Again I thought this whole story and it's premise was clever and fun and a neat kickoff to a very different detective series and I will continue on.
so i put this on at the beginning of a long trek in animal crossing and overall this is a really fun story.
i think it's impressive how many different aspects of the world building were layered in considering the length, and many facets of this i found very intriguing and wanting to know more about. that being said, i do think some pieces felt so rushed it was hard to feel the stakes were real in the big climactic ending and that did feel like a bit of a blur instead of a solid resolution. i also thought the jack seemed very interesting as a character and was pretty fleshed out (pun intended), with the exception of his WWII past and nemesis-that again felt quickly thrown in instead of developed which made it hard to be invested in, but perhaps future installments in the series will deepen that well.
Again I thought this whole story and it's premise was clever and fun and a neat kickoff to a very different detective series and I will continue on.
skylercauldron's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
thatgothbookbrat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.75
kitsana_d's review against another edition
DNFing at 18%. Not terrible but I feel like I’ve read it before. Close to Dan Shamble but rougher round the edges.