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curgoth's review against another edition
4.0
Castor's world gets darker. There really isn't much I can say about this that isn't a spoiler. Good book.
alexctelander's review against another edition
4.0
The intrepid exorcist, Felix Castor, returns under the skilled writing hands of Mike Carey, and this is his biggest adventure yet! After ignoring calls from a fellow exorcist, John Gittings, he finds his friend dead, an apparent suicide and feels guilty. He agrees to work with the wife in putting her husband to rest, along with dealing with a slimy lawyer who’s trying to execute Gittings will to be cremated. At the same time Castor is brought onto a case about a man who’s been brutally raped and murdered. As Castor begins putting the facts together it’s starting to look like a dead female serial killer may somehow be behind it all. Joining up with his quasi-friend and succubus-turned-exorcist, Juliet, and importing some help from his zombie friend who always has answers, Nicky Heath; Castor will have to travel to Alabama to get some answers and put the case together. //Dead Men’s Boots// continues in this third book in the excellent series that just gets better with each new release. If only the US could get the books published as fast as the UK, which already has the fourth book out, with the fifth due out in the fall.
To hear an interview with Mike Carey and or for more reviews, check out the BookBanter site.
To hear an interview with Mike Carey and or for more reviews, check out the BookBanter site.
stephgraves's review against another edition
5.0
I really, really love these books. They are wryly hilarious--the prose is so well crafted, it slips humor in like a sharp knife wound. At the same time, Felix is an oddly heroic character, and I never tire of his many hijinks. I would recommend this series, and not even with the shred of guilt that accompanies most of my series loves.
supatrey's review against another edition
3.0
Don’t let the low star rating fool you. I enjoyed this book and I’ve already bought the next in the series.
colossal's review against another edition
3.0
Castor's cases get mixed up again and he and Juliet end up investigating the suicide and subsequent haunting of a fellow exorcist along with a vicious rape and murder by someone who may be more innocent than he appears.
I think I'm done with this series. Castor becomes increasingly less likable to me as the series continues, so the stakes keep getting lower. His primary means of interacting with people, including his friends, is by bullying and even he doesn't even particularly like his friends unless they can do something for him or they're involved in something interesting. He uses and abuses with impunity. The only shining light in the book is Juliet and in a lot of ways she's not much better than Castor. She is better than Castor though: her relationship with Sue Book is more genuine than anything that Castor has in his life.
I think it says something when a literal soul-sucking demoness from hell has a more human relationship than anything that the main character has going on.
I think I'm done with this series. Castor becomes increasingly less likable to me as the series continues, so the stakes keep getting lower. His primary means of interacting with people, including his friends, is by bullying and even he doesn't even particularly like his friends unless they can do something for him or they're involved in something interesting. He uses and abuses with impunity. The only shining light in the book is Juliet and in a lot of ways she's not much better than Castor. She is better than Castor though: her relationship with Sue Book is more genuine than anything that Castor has in his life.
I think it says something when a literal soul-sucking demoness from hell has a more human relationship than anything that the main character has going on.
jtolson's review against another edition
5.0
Much better than the first two! Can't believe the difference. He must have either taken a class or gotten a better editor.
mirk's review against another edition
2.0
This one was a slog. I enjoyed Carey's first one but this one was all genre formula and very little of anything else.
robynldouglas's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 rounding up. I think I enjoyed the plot of this one the most - there are serious stakes and some interesting tidbits from London's criminal history. Some good wins in this one for our heroes, too.
craftyhilary's review against another edition
4.0
Got kind of confusing in the middle, but very good payoff. Very solid and consistently well-written series.