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traciemasek 's review for:
Gun Machine
by Warren Ellis
Two stars is maybe a little harsh, considering this is a genre book, but I just wanted it to be better than it is. There are parts where it really picks up speed, especially when Tarrow first meets the CSUs, but I dunno, for whatever reason, I just didn't love this. Tarrow starts to feel almost like a real character by the end, but nearly everyone else is a caricature. The history lessons peppered throughout it are so, so forced and painfully expositional. And I also just completely do NOT buy that the killer had gotten away with over 200 murders without anyone noticing a connection.
But really I think the reason I didn't like this book much is the little parts where Tallow listens to the police scanner and it relays horrific crime after horrific crime, all supposedly just happening all the time in NYC, nbd. I guess I get that it's supposed to be indicative of the dark, almost comic book world of the book, but it just pissed me off and took me right out of the story because if any one of the crimes on the police scanner happened in this city, it would be a tragedy of epic scale. But then again, this is a work of fiction. And I can admit it was a fun, quick read.
But really I think the reason I didn't like this book much is the little parts where Tallow listens to the police scanner and it relays horrific crime after horrific crime, all supposedly just happening all the time in NYC, nbd. I guess I get that it's supposed to be indicative of the dark, almost comic book world of the book, but it just pissed me off and took me right out of the story because if any one of the crimes on the police scanner happened in this city, it would be a tragedy of epic scale. But then again, this is a work of fiction. And I can admit it was a fun, quick read.