A review by wendleness
Boiling a Frog by Christopher Brookmyre
5.0
Boiling a Frog = Parlabane + (((Politics + Catholicism) x the media) ^ scandal)
More Parlabane! Yay!
This book… This book. There is a lot going on in this book. Parlabane's in trouble, Parlabane's in trouble and Parlabane's in trouble. Basically.
Most of the book feels like a lot is going on, without anything yet really happening. Most of the book feels like a set up before something happens. And it doesn't really work out like that. I read it with a constant feeling of 'what next?' and 'where does this lead?' and although other Brookmyre books have had a huge payout at the end of those kinds of build ups, this one didn't seem to have that as such. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing. I rather loved the constant tension, the constant gradual progression of the plot.
And really, regardless of everything else in the book, you should read it just for that one chapter. That one, gloriously hilarious chapter, that I refuse to spoil for anyone, even if they want to be spoiled.
More Parlabane! Yay!
This book… This book. There is a lot going on in this book. Parlabane's in trouble, Parlabane's in trouble and Parlabane's in trouble. Basically.
Most of the book feels like a lot is going on, without anything yet really happening. Most of the book feels like a set up before something happens. And it doesn't really work out like that. I read it with a constant feeling of 'what next?' and 'where does this lead?' and although other Brookmyre books have had a huge payout at the end of those kinds of build ups, this one didn't seem to have that as such. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing. I rather loved the constant tension, the constant gradual progression of the plot.
And really, regardless of everything else in the book, you should read it just for that one chapter. That one, gloriously hilarious chapter, that I refuse to spoil for anyone, even if they want to be spoiled.