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Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross

ighalli's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

peer_pastinakel's review against another edition

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3.0

Bit flat compared to the rest of the series

laurntiu's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

davidsandilands's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

archaeolaird's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

timinbc's review against another edition

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4.0

It might be simpler to say what's NOT in this book. No dwarves or dragons, maybe one sword. But there's magic, and time travel, and fairies, and machine guns, and more.

The first half is a bit slow, and I didn't find the transhumans at all interesting. And as it went along there were clearly too many teams in play. Except that Stross did that to give us an over-the-top and entertaining final showdown that made it all worthwhile.

I like the idea of Eve becoming less evil as the book went on.

John Darling and Wendy Deere, and a little hint of shadows as they leave the fairy shortcut. Heh.

sammys_shelves's review against another edition

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Right book wrong time maybe? 

radbear76's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

3.0

chthonicgod's review against another edition

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adventurous

3.0

lurpasskatt's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5