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A review by sdiaz
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre
1.0
If you ever wanted to read a novel version of the movie True Lies but without any of the humor or charisma that Schwarzenegger and Curtis brought to the roles, than this is the book for you.
The book starts of all right, but then seems to turn into a farce by creating a series of unbelievable cliches and trying to present them as characters. You might be able to enjoy the farce if there was actually anything humorous going on.
On the plus side the book is fast paced and the technical descriptions (computer hacking and gravity well resolution as examples) along with the thought put into the action set pieces were nice. He seems like a capable writer, he simply took a swing and missed on this novel.
The book starts of all right, but then seems to turn into a farce by creating a series of unbelievable cliches and trying to present them as characters. You might be able to enjoy the farce if there was actually anything humorous going on.
On the plus side the book is fast paced and the technical descriptions (computer hacking and gravity well resolution as examples) along with the thought put into the action set pieces were nice. He seems like a capable writer, he simply took a swing and missed on this novel.