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A review by silea
The Devil's Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth
Did not finish book.
Such an enticing premise! How does it even make sense, investigating a murder in Hell? I had to know.
Ok, so there are humans in Hell, so that explains how one could be murdered. And um... ok, so there's demons too. Angels can come visit from Heaven, too. They're pretty.
And ugh, what a slog. Who knew Hell could be so boring? I'm generally a bit on the squeamish side, but the author even sucked the horror right out of dismembered corpses with bits falling out. Hell was dull, demons were dull, murder was dull. And no, not some sort of well-crafted psychologically tormenting dullness, just the kind of 'blah' that leaves you compiling a grocery list while reading.
Ok, so there are humans in Hell, so that explains how one could be murdered. And um... ok, so there's demons too. Angels can come visit from Heaven, too. They're pretty.
And ugh, what a slog. Who knew Hell could be so boring? I'm generally a bit on the squeamish side, but the author even sucked the horror right out of dismembered corpses with bits falling out. Hell was dull, demons were dull, murder was dull. And no, not some sort of well-crafted psychologically tormenting dullness, just the kind of 'blah' that leaves you compiling a grocery list while reading.