fjordic's review
4.0
Slow start but definitely got better! I thought I was quote a geek but a lot of the references went over my head.
sarah_bear's review
4.0
It took me a little while to get into the writing style and reader on this one, but it grew on me and stuck :). The whole premise is just so much fun!
snazel's review
Fun magic system (and i really liked the expanded world— Drake was fantastic and the stuff in Spirit was a joy) but unfortunately the plot hits several of my “nope” buttons. I’m not a fan of “must do these evil things to bring back a loved one” as it turns out, and the “evil things” being pushing some teenagers to suicide is a FULL ON no from me.
araleith's review
5.0
This book was a little bit confusing sometimes with all its twists, but it was such a fun read! So many nerd references - I was proud how many I understood! I definitely recommend it.
ptaradactyl's review
1.0
I finished this book only because I couldn't find a spoiler online and was really, really curious.
So points for keeping me curious? The premise was awesome, but the execute was more "cram in as many references into each page" than clever after a bit. More is not always better.
In case you don't want deal with finishing:
So points for keeping me curious? The premise was awesome, but the execute was more "cram in as many references into each page" than clever after a bit. More is not always better.
In case you don't want deal with finishing:
Spoiler
She lives, gets fired from Cafe Xombi, gets hired at Grognard's, and says 'as you wish" to Drake while he's in the hospital after Eastwood-induced trauma. The awesome Jedi was her mom. Eastwood is behind the suicides, but he feels really bad about it. He does not die. The evil baddie is vanquished, but I couldn't tell you how or exactly what happened to her mom because I could not bring myself to care.datadog1's review
3.0
This was ok, an interesting world and fun plot, I enjoyed catching all the references - but the world itself was kind of obvious geek wish fulfillment, there was basically no character developement, and the snarky humor came in large doses and I have think will be dated pretty fast.
setaian's review
2.0
Did Not Finish -- Surrendered @ 50%
There is a market for this book...12 year old boys and 45 year old men who still play with their toy lightsabers.
Not me. I've had enough.
Below are links to two of the better reviews I've read this week. The reviewer gets my gold star for her review of this book and of White Trash Zombie Apocalypse
Geekomancy
White Trash Zombie Apocalypse
There is a market for this book...12 year old boys and 45 year old men who still play with their toy lightsabers.
Not me. I've had enough.
Below are links to two of the better reviews I've read this week. The reviewer gets my gold star for her review of this book and of White Trash Zombie Apocalypse
Geekomancy
White Trash Zombie Apocalypse
phire's review
2.0
This was so silly I have a hard time believing it wasn't self-published. There were some good notions there (absorb the power of the fiction you consume! a parallel underworld driven by geek-ology!) but the writing was just so painfully self-conscious that it failed to be engaging at all. The characters unironically swore in bad-Firefly-esque Chinese, there was another reference every other paragraph as though Underwood was afraid we'd question his cred if he didn't keep up an endless barrage of quotes and allusions (and worse, point out to us where those allusions come from), the main plot is full of poorly deployed clichés, and the characters didn't so much develop as they rolled new character sheets. I don't regret the 3 hours I spent on it or anything, but I can't in good conscience recommend it. A bit of a disappointment, since the concept seemed really interesting.