A review by marthmuffins
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

4.0

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - 3.5/5

Pretty decent! For the time they had the character was fun and the supernatural mystery/police procedural was enjoyable. I also like the alternate version of 1910s Cario Clark has built up over this and the previous 2 short stories of set in this universe that I've read. I did think it was too focused on worldbuilding at times, with passages dedicated to fleshing out aspects of that instead of the mystery or characters. I found it enjoyable enough but that's not really what I'm interested in so much. Also, as much as I did like the main characters here I was left with the impression that maybe this should've featured the main character from the Dead Djinn in Cario short story (
Spoilerwho does turn up at the end to foreshadow the book
) as I feel she would've fit more with some of the themes the story is telling and would let Clark build off of that short and lead into the novel more. Still, I enjoyed it and I'm interested in getting around to A Master of Djinn at some point!