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nat925's review against another edition
2.0
So... you know how in every Garrett P.I. story our detective's character develops in the end? He always learns something, like 'don't trust old generals' or 'everyone has their demons... like literally'. Here... there's nothing. Nothing really changes. Things just happen, kind of randomly and I don't think we - as readers that do not possess the mental capacity of the Dead Man - can ever think what will happen next and what's the reason behind it all.
This is the first book in Garrett P.I. series that I didn't necessarily enjoy. Throughout the whole story I felt like all events happened somewhere around Garrett but not exactly to him -- or that he had any importance whatsoever. There wasn't too much place for any detective work, no deductive/inductive skills were ever required, Garrett just repeatedly got beaten up pretty badly. Not my kind of character development!
After all, you just end up thinking, 'what the hell has just happened?'. For me, there was definitely too much pondering the meaninglessness of religion, and not enough Garrett substance we all showed up for.
This is the first book in Garrett P.I. series that I didn't necessarily enjoy. Throughout the whole story I felt like all events happened somewhere around Garrett but not exactly to him -- or that he had any importance whatsoever. There wasn't too much place for any detective work, no deductive/inductive skills were ever required, Garrett just repeatedly got beaten up pretty badly. Not my kind of character development!
After all, you just end up thinking, 'what the hell has just happened?'. For me, there was definitely too much pondering the meaninglessness of religion, and not enough Garrett substance we all showed up for.
skredlitheogre's review against another edition
5.0
This is my absolute favorite of the Garrett Files. This is the one I've read the most. It has a great sense of humor, which I just love. I'll admit that the "villain's" plot isn't that great, but still, this book is a lot of fun. I met Mr. Cook at Mile-Hi Con 2011 and this was the book I took to get autographed.
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