andrew61's review
4.0
After the events of Boiling a frog Jack Parlabane appears to be avoiding confrontation and is invited to do a scoop on a team building weekend in a remote Scottish country hotel and it expected that he will cast his caustic and critical eye on the ideas of business management. What could go wrong ?
Well don't expect a quiet read as a series of villainous right wing individuals create mayhem and the body increases in dramatically bloody and comic ways. Not for the faint hearted but incredibly black comedy , definitely a favourite series.
Well don't expect a quiet read as a series of villainous right wing individuals create mayhem and the body increases in dramatically bloody and comic ways. Not for the faint hearted but incredibly black comedy , definitely a favourite series.
minotaursmaze's review
4.0
The rants the rants, but then I giggle like a loon and all is forgiven.
Lots of disturbing headless bodies.
Lots of disturbing headless bodies.
calicocatkin's review
4.0
3.5 Not his strongest, takes a wee while to get going but a fun romp once it does.
yorkshire_born_and_bookish's review
1.0
Only managed 174 pages before I called t a day, just not my type of book!
junkits's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
sp00ky_n3rd's review
3.0
3 1/2 stars. I was a bit bored to start with and put off by certain parts narrated from the point of view of manky pervs. Chapter 6 was mostly creepy descriptions of seeing women's nipples through their tops.
However, once it got going it really got going. And it was as brilliantly crazy and darkly comedic as all the Jack Parlabane stories before it.
However, once it got going it really got going. And it was as brilliantly crazy and darkly comedic as all the Jack Parlabane stories before it.
borborygmus's review
3.0
Christopher Brookmyre is sometimes billed as the UK's answer to Carl Hiaasen - probably true. However, he has not descended into self-pastiche, as Hiaasen seems to have done in the last few novels I read. Good, solid, dark humour, occasionally just that little OTT - which makes it fun.
squiddyvicious's review
4.0
It doesn't get going as quickly as some of the previous books but it was quite enjoyable.
yowlyy's review
5.0
Trust a Parlabane book to make me laugh out loud even at the most gruesome of descriptions. Five stars, that's it.
slammy90's review
3.0
I mean, you really knew who to hate in those days. Now it's too muddled, so I just hate everybody in case I miss anyone out
Sì Seri, magari la prossima volta iniziamo dal primo della serie, eh? Non lamentarti poi che non capisci niente!! :D
Sì Seri, magari la prossima volta iniziamo dal primo della serie, eh? Non lamentarti poi che non capisci niente!! :D