A review by tam_bam26
Something from the Nightside, by Simon R. Green
2.0
[b:Something from the Nightside|155421|Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)|Simon R. Green|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309202884s/155421.jpg|150023] was just an okay read in my opinion. Its starts off good-a detective with a gift for finding things takes on a case in which he must locate a rich lady's missing daughter. All the woman knows is that her daughter is in the Nightside.
My biggest problem is I don't like the descriptions of the Nightside, it seemed like the author tried way to hard to make it seem weird. I think it may have been creepier with subtle descriptions of the weirdness. Here's an example, when describing the Nightside John says this, "...you can pay to see a fallen angel forever burning inside a pentacle drawn in baby's blood. Or a decapitated goats head that can tell the future in enigmatic verses of perfect iambic pentameter. There's a room where silence is caged and colours are forbidden, and another where a dead nun will show you her stigmata." What!?
I was really dissatisfied with the way the mystery was solved too. I'll eventually read the next book because there is a part of the story that caught my interest.
My biggest problem is I don't like the descriptions of the Nightside, it seemed like the author tried way to hard to make it seem weird. I think it may have been creepier with subtle descriptions of the weirdness. Here's an example, when describing the Nightside John says this, "...you can pay to see a fallen angel forever burning inside a pentacle drawn in baby's blood. Or a decapitated goats head that can tell the future in enigmatic verses of perfect iambic pentameter. There's a room where silence is caged and colours are forbidden, and another where a dead nun will show you her stigmata." What!?
I was really dissatisfied with the way the mystery was solved too. I'll eventually read the next book because there is a part of the story that caught my interest.