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A review by kellswitch
Stalking the Unicorn: A John Justin Mallory Mystery by Mike Resnick
4.0
Overall this was a lot of fun to read, it was quick, easy, entertaining and while it wasn't the deepest book I've ever read I did find myself enjoying and caring about the main characters, even the villains and enjoying the 1Cmystery 1D as it developed.
I thought there was a good balance with the strangeness of the alternate Manhattan, the humor and the overall plot and the ending really worked well for me but I would have preferred more character development instead of anther example of how different this Manhattan was from Mallory's Manhattan, as enjoyable as I found the characters they sort of felt flat and one dimensional though there is a lot of potential as the series goes on.
I was very engaged in the mystery of the stolen unicorn and I felt that the pacing and resolution worked really well, I never got bored and the ending felt like a natural progression of the story and not rushed or tagged on just to bring things to an end and I was very satisfied with how things were resolved.
I thought there was a good balance with the strangeness of the alternate Manhattan, the humor and the overall plot and the ending really worked well for me but I would have preferred more character development instead of anther example of how different this Manhattan was from Mallory's Manhattan, as enjoyable as I found the characters they sort of felt flat and one dimensional though there is a lot of potential as the series goes on.
I was very engaged in the mystery of the stolen unicorn and I felt that the pacing and resolution worked really well, I never got bored and the ending felt like a natural progression of the story and not rushed or tagged on just to bring things to an end and I was very satisfied with how things were resolved.