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A review by chantaal
Dead to Me by Anton Strout
2.0
2.5 stars
I'm not really sure how I feel about this. One on hand, it was a pretty nice twist on most urban fantasy novels, adding a whole This Is Our Silly Office element to it, but that went way overboard. All the pamphlets, seminars and paperwork being mentioned over and over got really old after the first third.
Also, I'm not sure what Strout was going for when it came to Simon's voice. Half the time his narrative made him sound like a regular guy, then the rest of the time it was all "oh look at how clever I am saying noob and using WTF in my narrative!"
I'm not even going to mention how fumbling the romance subplot was, or how insipid Jane's.
Bottom line, this is an interesting go to for a UF fix and a decent male lead. It just doesn't live up to what it wants to be.
I'm not really sure how I feel about this. One on hand, it was a pretty nice twist on most urban fantasy novels, adding a whole This Is Our Silly Office element to it, but that went way overboard. All the pamphlets, seminars and paperwork being mentioned over and over got really old after the first third.
Also, I'm not sure what Strout was going for when it came to Simon's voice. Half the time his narrative made him sound like a regular guy, then the rest of the time it was all "oh look at how clever I am saying noob and using WTF in my narrative!"
I'm not even going to mention how fumbling the romance subplot was, or how insipid Jane's
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diary entries were when Simon took a look in themBottom line, this is an interesting go to for a UF fix and a decent male lead. It just doesn't live up to what it wants to be.