Reviews

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire

kris7's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

brianne_k's review against another edition

3.0

*3.5/5*

Decent enough start to a series. I am continuing with it.
I picked this up because I love Seanan McGuire's wayward children series, and I love Urban Fantasy.
I love reading about creatures.. so all the cryptids in this series are bound to be entertaining. And the Aeslin mice are everything. HAIL!

rosemary_for_remembrance's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

3.5

wolfnotter's review

4.0

Character: 8
Atmosphere: 7
Writing: 8
Plot: 8
Intrigue: 7
Logic: 8
Enjoyment: 7
CAWPILE: 7.57

This was a fun and easy read. I am glad it was recommended to me. Verity is my type of crude but funny female protagonist. Dominic eventually won me over and I appreciate his character growth. I think I want to die for Istas. I definitely will be reading the other books as a good break from some of my longer, darker stories.

ehmannky's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book is fun and I liked the humor and characters and perhaps one day I’ll read more about this world in the future, but I think this book should and could have been like 50-70 pages shorter and nothing would have been lost. 

jacquibear's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

shadowmage196's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

philibin's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

(3.5 Stars)

This book was fun. It was very predictable, but not in a bad way. It is written well, is very entertaining, and has good world-building. The characters did change, but I'm not quite sure I'd call it "character growth", it was maybe just adapting to different needs for different scenarios without much reason for for the change. 

Since this is the first in a series of (at least) twelve... I'll give the next book a shot and see if the characters to grow organically, or just get written differently for different scenes. But even if they don't, it wouldn't be a deal-breaker, because the story is enjoyable. 

jo_moyes's review against another edition

4.0

This book is a lot of fun. There's a huge array of supernatural creatures, a cryptozoologist who knows all about most of them, a dastardly menace, and sentient mice with a very complicated religious life. There are also a lot of really interesting side characters, which is something that I love in novels. I'm looking forward to getting to know this world a little more.

kleonard's review against another edition

3.0

A fun and rollicking adventure set in New York starring a woman on a mission to protect non-human sentient and non-sentient supernatural creatures.