mrfrenchtoasts's review against another edition
4.0
In my review for the previous book in the series ([b:Ex-KOP|3135768|Ex-KOP (Juno Mozambe Mystery #2)|Warren Hammond|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312028142s/3135768.jpg|3167192]), I wrote “It doesn't get more gritty than this”. Well...I stand corrected. This book is in it own category of grittiness. It's weird, it's funny, it's dark, it's bleak, it's dirty. It's a good book.
rotorguy64's review against another edition
2.0
Not sure why I put this book on my to-read-list in the first place, but I know I wouldn't do it again. Like many other modern books, it tries to be realistic and gritty by showing way too many hookers, having adult characters talk too much about sex, and having an utterly unlikable main character. Seriously. Juno couldn't keep his composure for one scene, and when he's not telling us how badass he used to be, he's getting pummelled. That happened way too often. There was also a lot of violence, and while I am not opposed to violent fiction, I find it tasteless to only use it for cheap shock value. Trust me, my tolerance on this is high. I did not object to the dozen or so mass rapes, the cannibalism and the massacres in [b:Refugee|15454|Refugee (Bio of a Space Tyrant, #1)|Piers Anthony|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348609038s/15454.jpg|1734722], nor to the mutilations in [b:Use of Weapons|12007|Use of Weapons|Iain M. Banks|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388530572s/12007.jpg|1494156], but in KOP Killer, it was overly gratitious.
The book was not entirely without merit, it did have some pretty intense scenes. I liked how Juno spent half the book without one of his arms out of sheer stupidity, too. That was quite funny. It's not that he lost his arm in some stupid accident, no, he refuses, against all reason, to get a new arm. There was also a certain charme to the lizards running all over Warren Hammonds world. I like lizards, and apparently, so does he. The occasional good scene and a ton of lizards didn't redeem this book for me, however. I'd rate this 2.5 stars, rounded down for the sake of this review.
The book was not entirely without merit, it did have some pretty intense scenes. I liked how Juno spent half the book without one of his arms out of sheer stupidity, too. That was quite funny. It's not that he lost his arm in some stupid accident, no, he refuses, against all reason, to get a new arm. There was also a certain charme to the lizards running all over Warren Hammonds world. I like lizards, and apparently, so does he. The occasional good scene and a ton of lizards didn't redeem this book for me, however. I'd rate this 2.5 stars, rounded down for the sake of this review.
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