A review by srsanderson
Trap the Devil by Ben Coes
2.0
i used to really love this series, but switching to the hardbacks from audio books has made a huge difference in the experience. the narration was always really entertaining, but when i was reading this one, i thought that maybe the writing and storytelling wasn't as strong as i thought it was when i had listened to the others.
my favorite aspect of the dewey books is that there are a lot of moving parts, and while dewey is most certainly the protagonist, he has a lot of help from other parties.
so basically, this was a fun read, there were a few scenes that were super visual and entertaining to read, but i didn't like it as much as the other ones in the series because the plot was too grand in scope to be contained in one book. if this particular plot line was something that ben coes has been laying the foundations of for the past 6 books, i feel like there would have been a much better payoff, but as it stands the ending felt very anti-climatic compared to the rest of the book. i was simply left with an overwhelming sense of ... blah.
my favorite aspect of the dewey books is that there are a lot of moving parts, and while dewey is most certainly the protagonist, he has a lot of help from other parties.
so basically, this was a fun read, there were a few scenes that were super visual and entertaining to read, but i didn't like it as much as the other ones in the series because the plot was too grand in scope to be contained in one book. if this particular plot line was something that ben coes has been laying the foundations of for the past 6 books, i feel like there would have been a much better payoff, but as it stands the ending felt very anti-climatic compared to the rest of the book. i was simply left with an overwhelming sense of ... blah.