A review by lian_tanner
Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre
2.0
What is it about virtual worlds that makes them so boring to read about? I've loved most of Brookmyre's books, but this one left me cold - it's hard to stay interested in characters who respawn instead of dying. I suspect that people who are heavily into gaming will enjoy it a lot more than I did.
However I DID stick with it right to the end (though I skipped rather a lot), which is why I'm giving it two and a half stars rather than one. If this is the first of Brookmyre's books you've read, don't judge him by it. Go back to his crime novels, which are clever, sarcastic and laugh-out-loud funny.
However I DID stick with it right to the end (though I skipped rather a lot), which is why I'm giving it two and a half stars rather than one. If this is the first of Brookmyre's books you've read, don't judge him by it. Go back to his crime novels, which are clever, sarcastic and laugh-out-loud funny.