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This book is somewhat dark in general, but Francis does introduce elements balancing this out a little bit - both the segment with the soothsayer and the trip with the smoking madman balloonist made me laugh out loud. Some of the medical details (if you can call them that) linked to the disease and its potential treatments also frankly made me laugh, though in fairness I do not suppose they were meant to have that effect on me.
Sid Halley is an excellent character, he is probably one of the most memorable protagonists I've encountered in books I've read. The fact that this is a book about him and his experiences automatically means that this is a good book.
However... A lack of realism, especially in the later stages of the book, was, just like in the context of Dead Cert, a problem for me making willing suspension of disbelief harder than it needed to be.Bombs? Seriously? The villains are not as well-written as is the rest of the cast, which is a bit of a shame. But this is an engaging book, well written.
However... A lack of realism, especially in the later stages of the book, was, just like in the context of Dead Cert, a problem for me making willing suspension of disbelief harder than it needed to be.
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This is an interesting and engaging mystery novel, however I am deducting points due to lack of realism especially in the later phases of the book.
I regret reading this to the end.
The basic world setting is in my view never explained to an extent making the universe even remotely understandable, and despite reading on in part in order to get a better understanding of how any of this makes any sense, the book never gets to a point where it actually does.
The basic world setting is in my view never explained to an extent making the universe even remotely understandable, and despite reading on in part in order to get a better understanding of how any of this makes any sense, the book never gets to a point where it actually does.
