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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Agents of Light and Darkness was not as good as the first book in the series. Though I liked the idea and finish of the story a lot more this time I found John's constant need to remind us how life is like in Nightside tiring. We get it, people come to Nightside to do bad things, it's dark, it's full of neon lights, you can't trust people, blah blah blah. One should not repeat themselves so much in such a short novel.
I did like that we got to learn a lot more about Suzie and Merlin. He did flush out multiple characters a lot more but Walker and he Collector they might as well have copied and pasted the information from the previous book.
All in all loved the store and disliked the writing. Still going to read the third book though.
I did like that we got to learn a lot more about Suzie and Merlin. He did flush out multiple characters a lot more but Walker and he Collector they might as well have copied and pasted the information from the previous book.
All in all loved the store and disliked the writing. Still going to read the third book though.
Gefiel mir besser als Band 1 und hat mich wieder sehr unterhalten, hat aber noch Potenzial nach oben.
This series continues to be my "popcorn" series. It's short, fast reading that is an entertaining ride. The writing is pretty solid for the most part, but I love the world he is spinning. The Nightside is becoming one of my favorite fictional locales, and I really enjoyed the idea of an "unholy grail." This second installment built a little more depth into the main characters, and actually has you caring about what happens next.
I'm afraid the Nightside has a hold of me, and I'm going to end up buying more in this series.
I'm afraid the Nightside has a hold of me, and I'm going to end up buying more in this series.
While this was quite some fun and kept me entertained, I had a bit of a harder time to get into the story. The plot was just a bit too over the top for me. And while easy prose, action and fast pace are just why I like this sort of Urban fantasy, I still want to be able to at least kind of believe most of the story. Some of it can be over the top (Dresden riding a revived dinosaur skeleton...) and funny because of it, but if it gets too much it takes from the book for me. This is why one star is missing here.
Otherwise again great fun, easy read, fast paced, lots of action, quite some gore, adventure, danger, friendship, offensive language and a fuckload of angels. ;)
Otherwise again great fun, easy read, fast paced, lots of action, quite some gore, adventure, danger, friendship, offensive language and a fuckload of angels. ;)
Same as book one, but a little better. I'll keep reading them foe light entertainment
Solid urban fantasy, this one with a slight religious bent. John Taylor is looking for the Unholy Grail, tbe cup that Judas drank from at that last supper. As always with Nightside, the cast of characters range from bizarre to vaguely normal to horroresque.
The series seems to hit a stride in book 2. Great character development.
درمجموع فانتزیش از قسمت قبل کمتر شده بود... و هنوز گنگ بودن نایت سایدو به دنبال میکشه، پایانش تاحدودی سریع جمع شده بود...
درمجموع ۴ کفایت میکرد!
درمجموع ۴ کفایت میکرد!
Agents of Light and Darkness is the second book in Simon Green's Nightside series. Here's my review from Audible. It pretty much says it all.
"I just can't decide"
Parts of these stories are so well told it can bring a tear to your eye and part of it feels repetitive and part of it bugs me to no end. You'll have to find the good bits on your own. I'm not going to spoil it.
The repetitive, is the instance that anything out of this world is possible in the Nightside. That's fine, I got it the first time but it's repeated often and gets tiresome.
As for what bugs me, well there don't seem to be any rules in the Nightside and while that is all well and good it affords the writer to pull stuff directly from his.....collective....mind for convenience. Some times it just feels contrived and some time's it all comes together beautifully. That's irritating. I'm sure I'll listen to the next one if for no other reason than to see if I can decide whether I like this type of storytelling or not.
Then there is the narrator, he's the one thing I'd never change and I'll look for his work and try things just to listen to him. He's wonderful.
"I just can't decide"
Parts of these stories are so well told it can bring a tear to your eye and part of it feels repetitive and part of it bugs me to no end. You'll have to find the good bits on your own. I'm not going to spoil it.
The repetitive, is the instance that anything out of this world is possible in the Nightside. That's fine, I got it the first time but it's repeated often and gets tiresome.
As for what bugs me, well there don't seem to be any rules in the Nightside and while that is all well and good it affords the writer to pull stuff directly from his.....collective....mind for convenience. Some times it just feels contrived and some time's it all comes together beautifully. That's irritating. I'm sure I'll listen to the next one if for no other reason than to see if I can decide whether I like this type of storytelling or not.
Then there is the narrator, he's the one thing I'd never change and I'll look for his work and try things just to listen to him. He's wonderful.