sarahc_98's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
taleisin's review against another edition
3.0
I got introduced to the creepy cool world of Nightside by a short story in "Down These Strange Streets". The full length version does not disappoint. This book serves as John Taylor's reintroduction to Nightside (he'd been gone for 5 years). He tracks a young runaway through that world. I have put a request in for the next volume in the series.
chani_kynes's review against another edition
3.0
This book really feels like a wannabe Dresden Files. It is not necessarily a bad book, I may even end up reading some more of the series. It just was mostly meh.
vickystreehouse's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
valodniece's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It isn't anything deep, but it is entertaining enough, especially with the narrator of the audiobook version. Caught the twist before it was revealed, but that's not necessarily awful, just being genre-savvy, I think.
flosch's review against another edition
4.0
- read this a couple of times
- storyline is fun and easy. urban fantasy, which is a wicked guilty pleasure of mine.
- sadly read too many books in this genre at the same time, so I mix up the characters/plot (Sandman Slim, Dresden Files etc).
- apparently you can win over my love if you write PI/Crime stuff with a fantasy/magical/underworld twist.
- I will read them all, and there are many.
- storyline is fun and easy. urban fantasy, which is a wicked guilty pleasure of mine.
- sadly read too many books in this genre at the same time, so I mix up the characters/plot (Sandman Slim, Dresden Files etc).
- apparently you can win over my love if you write PI/Crime stuff with a fantasy/magical/underworld twist.
- I will read them all, and there are many.
tkat's review against another edition
5.0
I stumbled upon Simon Green quite by accident, but he's an excellent author. His books are perfectly suited for Jim Butcher fans, especially those who want something darker, bloodier and a bit more sci fi.
All the elements are there. Absent mother who's more than what she seems, father who died while the main character was young, people trying to kill him as a child, and he has a destiny everyone else seems to know about except him. Deja vu huh?
Only difference is that John Taylor is a full fledged P.I, born in an alternate plane of reality called the Nightside and living in London. He gets a little more bloody in his battles and goes up against weirder stuff, but all in all I think Taylor and Dresden would get along quite well together.
All the elements are there. Absent mother who's more than what she seems, father who died while the main character was young, people trying to kill him as a child, and he has a destiny everyone else seems to know about except him. Deja vu huh?
Only difference is that John Taylor is a full fledged P.I, born in an alternate plane of reality called the Nightside and living in London. He gets a little more bloody in his battles and goes up against weirder stuff, but all in all I think Taylor and Dresden would get along quite well together.
kazalicious's review against another edition
2.0
There is...potential. IF the author can resolve women being helpless hero worshipers. If he can resolve the repetition of ideas- I don't need to know that the bar is a seedy place with some description 3 pages before you get to the bar and describe again, that it's a seedy place and then further describe it. IF he can flesh out the world he has created instead of just having our main character monologue again and again how "bad" the Nightside is.