A review by schomj
The Spy Who Haunted Me, by Simon R. Green
3.0
Does anyone else think that Eddie is like the superpowered Marty Stu version of Severin von Kusiemski? No? That's just me? Ok then.
Eddie is sent on a scavenger hunt around the world in order to receive the secrets of a legendary, dying spy. Winner take all; there can be only one. His competitors include the spy's grandson, Walker from the Nightside (love him!), the Blue Fairy, and Honey, a dangerous damsel occasionally in distress (depends on the scene, she mostly seemed to be the token girl). Molly only makes a couple of cameo appearances in this book, more's the pity.
The plotting was actually pretty straightforward for a Green story and, except for a few eye-rolling moments *cough*Tunguska Event*cough* and some inconsistencies toward the end, it was engagingly rollicking. I do wish Eddie wasn't quite such a Marty Stu-like prat in some of those little scavenger hunt vignettes, but oh well.
Also, was there a sale on semicolons when this was written? Or maybe there was a comma shortage?
Eddie is sent on a scavenger hunt around the world in order to receive the secrets of a legendary, dying spy. Winner take all; there can be only one. His competitors include the spy's grandson, Walker from the Nightside (love him!), the Blue Fairy, and Honey, a dangerous damsel occasionally in distress (depends on the scene, she mostly seemed to be the token girl). Molly only makes a couple of cameo appearances in this book, more's the pity.
The plotting was actually pretty straightforward for a Green story and, except for a few eye-rolling moments *cough*Tunguska Event*cough* and some inconsistencies toward the end, it was engagingly rollicking. I do wish Eddie wasn't quite such a Marty Stu-like prat in some of those little scavenger hunt vignettes, but oh well.
Also, was there a sale on semicolons when this was written? Or maybe there was a comma shortage?