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A review by jefffrane
Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore
4.0
I couldn't imagine where Christopher Moore was going with this, the sequel to my favorite of his novels. Having just re-read A Dirty Job a few weeks ago, I thought he'd wrapped things up pretty thoroughly with his "where are they now" epilogue. But it's Moore and there's magic and ghosts and the Underworld and Celtic demons and hellhounds so all bets were off.
Secondhand Souls takes up shortly after the events of the first book and immediately stands most of Dirty Job on its head. It's classic crazy mystery/suspense/horror from Moore, running at breakneck pace and requiring more than a little suspension of disbelief--because it's all fun even when it's gotten a little scary. If it doesn't equal the first book that's because A Dirty Job introduced readers to an entirely fresh (even Minty Fresh) premise and Secondhand Souls simply picks up the threads.
I loved it.
Secondhand Souls takes up shortly after the events of the first book and immediately stands most of Dirty Job on its head. It's classic crazy mystery/suspense/horror from Moore, running at breakneck pace and requiring more than a little suspension of disbelief--because it's all fun even when it's gotten a little scary. If it doesn't equal the first book that's because A Dirty Job introduced readers to an entirely fresh (even Minty Fresh) premise and Secondhand Souls simply picks up the threads.
I loved it.