The Man With the Golden Torc (Secret Histories, #1)

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The Man With the Golden Torc (Secret Histories #1)

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Deathstalker and Nightside series comes a new kind of hero in an old kind of war.

All those things you hear about as a kid? The boogeyman under the bed? The creature in the closet? They're for real, people.

Eddie Drood knows they're for real. His family has kept humanity safe from the things that go bump in the night. For...more

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Published June 5th 2007 by ROC HARDCOVER (first published March 17th 2007)

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Jan 20, 2011 Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Fans of James Bond and Action-Oriented Urban Fantasy

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Five stars stands for awesome, and that's what this book is! I loved it. I was a little worried that I wouldn't like it as much as the Nightside series, but boy was I wrong.

This book takes my love of James Bond spy movies and supernatural stories and makes a wonderful hybrid, but it has Simon R. Green's own stamp and spin on it. He incorporated all the humor which will make me laugh out loud, the angsty moments, and some thrilling/scary/downright horrific moments as well.

I loved Eddie! Although...more

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Oct 01, 2010 Dan Schwent rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-detective

Edwin Drood is a member of the legendary Drood family, a family dedicated to protecting humanity from threats. At least, that's what he thought until he was declared rogue and had the entire familly on his trail. Now, with Molly Metcalf, infamous witch, in tow, Edwin must find out the sinster secret at his family's heart. The only people that can tell him: the people he's been fighting against his entire adult life...

The Man With the Golden Torc is typical Simon Green. You have monsters, action,...more Edwin Drood is a member of the legendary Drood family, a family dedicated to protecting humanity from threats. At least, that's what he thought until he was declared rogue and had the entire familly on his trail. Now, with Molly Metcalf, infamous witch, in tow, Edwin must find out the sinster secret at his family's heart. The only people that can tell him: the people he's been fighting against his entire adult life...

The Man With the Golden Torc is typical Simon Green. You have monsters, action, and dry jokes. The Secret Histories series is an homage to James Bond and it shows. The action is almost at a ridiculous level, reminscent of the Bond movies, making for a very exciting read.

The Drood family reminds me of the family from Roger Zelazny's Amber books and Eddie himself reminds me a little of Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius, only without the ambiguous sexuality. There are nods to the Nightside, as well as the other easter eggs common to a Simon Green novel. The enemies are top notch, be they Manifest Destiny, a group seeking to overthrough the Droods, or the Sceneshifters, a group that alters reality to suit them at will with the help of a mummified yet still living head.

So why only a three? Eddie is a little too powerful for me to care very much about. Each member of the Drood family wears a golden torc around his neck that allows him or her to be sheathed in a nigh-impervious golden armor at will. Not much jeopardy there. Also, his gadgets are a little too over the top. A watch that rewinds time? A gun that never misses or runs out of ammo? But the thing that really irked me was Edwin Drood's cover identity of Shaman Bond. It's not like the James Bond homage wasn't clear already. Shaman Bond is about as hamfisted as he could get. Although he could have called him Bames Jond or something, I suppose.

The Man with the Golden Torc is an exciting read and a good bit of escapism, quite enjoyable despite the flaws. I'd give it a three and a half if I could.(less)

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Jan 10, 2011 Mike (the Paladin) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another where I'd like to have either a "half star" or 10 star system. I was torn here as there are 4 star books I've liked better but I believe it rates more than 3. So...3.5+ equals a 4 star rating I guess.

The book is good, it's recognizably Green I believe if you've read any Nightside. Eddie (or Shaman Bond) puts me in mind of John a bit, but maybe a bit more openly a "good-guy". Any of you who've read my reviews will know That would appeal to me a bit more than the other.

Eddie is a "good son...more

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Mar 15, 2009 The Flooze rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy-paranormal, sci-fi, vanquished_2009, owned

Edwin Drood has more gadgets than you can imagine: golden armor, a portable door, a self-aiming gun with never-ending bullets, and much more.

But he also has more problems than you can shake a stick at. He's the supernatural answer to James Bond, and he's just been declared rogue. Now everyone (including his family) wants him dead, while all Eddie wants is the truth.

It took about 50 or 60 pages for this book to hit its stride. But once it did, it was unstoppable. The pace was fast, the lead cha...more

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Apr 18, 2013 MrsJoseph rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to MrsJoseph by: Fantasy Aficionados

Shelves: 100-books-in-2011, fantasy, format-paperback, fantasy-urban, series, series-to-build, fantasy-aficionados-group-read

The Man With the Golden Torc - Urban Fantasy
Rating: 4/5 stars

I loved this book! It started off with a bang (in that way only it kinda reminded me of [[book:Monster Hunter International|2570856])and the pace stayed pretty fast the entire novel. This was my first Simon R. Green novel and he just made a convert. I went out today and purchased 3 more of his books (with plans to buy even more). This is the type of Urban Fantasy that people love – likeable characters, quick pacing, great chases, lots...more

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Dec 07, 2008 Cathy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal, mystery, mythology, series-reminder, urban

Overall, I liked this book very much. It was more substantive than his Nightside series (which I also like, but not quite as well). It wasn't quite as dark, also. It felt a bit more like a combo of the action in his Deathstalker space opera with the horror/dark fantasy of the Nightside books. More humor, a very likable protagonist and a fun new premise to explore. There were a few of his classic divergences into long descriptions of the weird creatures he's imagined without any real impact on th...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Loki rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A delightful surprise, fans of James Bond take note! The allusions to Bond movie titles are a bit obvious (Man with the Golden Torc = Man with the Golden Gun, et al), as are a lot of Eddie Drood’s weapon and car choices. Then again, what’s a good spy novel without a few truly classic cars and some snarky wit mixed in? Following the adventures of Edwin (call me Eddie) Drood, AKA Shaman Bond (Another nod to James Bond) who is a member of an ancient family that watches over the world and protects i...more

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Oct 09, 2012 JJ DeBenedictis rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is an incredibly cheesy book, much like the old James Bond movies it emulates (although without the gratuitous sex.) It's not a skillfully-written novel, but once you get into it, it's good fluffy fun.

That said, I found it hard to get into. The plot and character motivations make little sense for the first hundred pages, and there's some very repetitive strings of events. For example, there's a car chase where discrete clumps of baddies attack the protagonist and are vanquished, one by one,...more

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Jul 31, 2012 Kathy Davie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: funny, fantasy, urban

First in the Secret Histories urban fantasy series about a family who rules the world. In secret.

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It's like the Nightside, but Eddie Drood is just a wannabe John Taylor. I swear, I kept waiting for JT to show up. A similar cast of enemies and sidekicks is certainly here. Right along with the descriptive nicknames. Only Eddie operates in the real world as opposed to the Nightside. Although, there is a bar where anyone can gather---the Wulfshead as opposed to the Nightside's Strangefellows....more

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Nov 20, 2011 Patrick Hayes rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I good idea gone horribly wrong with padding. This is a 398 paged fantasy novel that could remove everything between pages 102 through 277 (that would be Chapters 8 through 17). The story is about mankind being protected since Roman times by a magical family, the Droods, who wear magical golden torcs that cover their bodies in golden armor. The Droods have prevented wars, stopped supernatural beings, and alien invasions (yes, this novel dips occasionally into that genre, and it shouldn't have)....more

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May 30, 2011 James rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

First off, don't read this review if your'e likely to get influenced by my opinions. I know a few books that have been ruined for me as a reviewer highlighted errors I would normally have missed - and as such made me dislike the book. Make up your own mind really.

Still, if you want to know read on...

This was an interesting read, and I found the whole story captivating and worth the effort. It was fast paced, had what I thought was an original, innovative idea and was well written. It was one of...more First off, don't read this review if your'e likely to get influenced by my opinions. I know a few books that have been ruined for me as a reviewer highlighted errors I would normally have missed - and as such made me dislike the book. Make up your own mind really.

Still, if you want to know read on...

This was an interesting read, and I found the whole story captivating and worth the effort. It was fast paced, had what I thought was an original, innovative idea and was well written. It was one of those books that you can't put down because you have become involved with the characters and the events unfolding before your inner eye.

However, there are some serious flaws that detract from the whole telling and stops it achieving the pull potential it originally had;

1. Eddie seemed to accept the true nature of his family way too quickly, and the anger created by it, while there, wasn't as powerful or captivating as it should be. A real let down, as this emotion if well written would have made connecting with Eddie that much easier and desirable.

2. Eddie falling in Love with Molly. Ok, I can understand why they did and could even see it coming. Furthermore I think that they go well together. Yet the fact that within three days they went from mortal enemies to 'true loves' is barely credible, and I actually cringed involuntarily when they declared their love for each other - it felt forced and clichéd.

3. The other rogues. They seemed to take up a lot of the opening plot, but I didn't really see the importance of them, it felt like the author was trying to fill it in with something that seemed credible. Ok, they weren't disastrous, and yes in a small way they did add to the plot. But, I just think that there could have been so much more done in their place, or even them done better that would have improved the story.

However, this despite these glaring flaws this is still a highly enjoyable read that I couldn't put down. I would recommend this to most people who like this genre.

Have fun reading. (less)

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Dec 31, 2010 Yolanda Sfetsos rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy

I'm a huge fan of the Nightside series, so I was looking forward to reading the first book in Simon R Green's Secret Histories series.

Eddie Drood - aka Shaman Bond - is an agent of good who comes from an ancient and very powerful family. The Drood family protect the world from supernatural threats that humans have no idea are going on around them. They also have golden torcs around their necks that turn into full body armour. He's good at his job as a field agent, but when he's attacked and labe...more

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Jan 25, 2010 Amanda rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Something just didn't gel right with this book. I don't know if it had to do with the weird, disjointed narrative style, the characters, or the actual plot itself, but it was not that good. I won't say it was bad....because it raised some interesting ideas, but it definitely was not good. It starts well, I was liking Eddie Drood, somewhat of a smartass, a black sheep, but still trying to do good in the world, pretty bad ass. I was okay with seeing the Drood family as a sort of crazy cult. I was...more

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Feb 05, 2013 Laurie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: it-s-a-mystery, urban-fantasy

Oh lord, I'm hooked.

If you liked Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, and can appreciate a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor, then this series is definitely one you will enjoy.

I can tell you all the things I liked about it, or I can tell you I just put my money where is my mouth and, after having read book #3 of this series (by accident, it was the first of the series that came my way), I went back and read this, book #1. And now I've just purchased all the remaining books in the series (including the one I...more

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Jul 14, 2012 Melbourne on my mind rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, fantasy

Plot summary: Eddie Drood - use-name Shaman Bond - is a member of one of the of oldest families in England. A family that protects humanity from the forces of darkness. But when Eddie is declared a rogue agent by his family for reasons unknown, his fight for survival has him uncover the family's greatest secret. One they'll go to any lengths to protect.

Thoughts: I love Simon R. Green's books. And I've been wanting to read this series for ages. As always, it's a fantastic mix of humour, action, u...more

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Mar 19, 2012 Espen Jensen rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A good plot and decent setting backed by disintteresting and seemingly disinterrested characters and a strangely disjointed and chaotic storytelling.

I came to this book knowing that it is a part of long list of books set in the same world, and I've been longing for some good urban fantasy which i can really sink my teeth into. So naturally I was eager and hopeful. I guess this teaches me not to get my hopes up.

The plot itself actually has quite a lot going for it, it's both interresting and not...more A good plot and decent setting backed by disintteresting and seemingly disinterrested characters and a strangely disjointed and chaotic storytelling.

I came to this book knowing that it is a part of long list of books set in the same world, and I've been longing for some good urban fantasy which i can really sink my teeth into. So naturally I was eager and hopeful. I guess this teaches me not to get my hopes up.

The plot itself actually has quite a lot going for it, it's both interresting and not too predictable. Although it has to be said that most of the story seemed utterly redundant. Also it has huge potential as a starting point for a series without leaving you with that dreaded cliffhanger feeling.

However I have rarely come across a protagonist for whom I had so little empathy. Most of the time he came off as a bland nonentity whose role merely was to describe the events around him. The insights into his mind and personality was almost entirely taken up with explaining something or other in the world or with trying to justify a desicion. Likewise his relationships with almost all the other characters in the story, including his relationship with the love interrest, are stunted, arbitrary or enigmatically change from one scene to the next. The last can be said about the motivations of the characters as well. There is very little explanation given for why the characters act as they do.

I probably could have overcome my dislike for the the characters in the story, the plot itself was rather good after all. But then I have to add in a mess of inconsistencies if not outright plot holes which, while never critical to the storyline, does confuse some points and just generally irritate the hell out of me.
Furthermore the pacing of the story seemed like utter crap to me. This might have been my own fault since I did not complete it in one sitting, but it did continuously ensure that my expectations would clash with the progress of the book.

All in all it did pobably deserve more than the one star I gave it, but seeing as goodreads thinks that two stars means that the book was "ok", this one did simply not meet the criteria. I would not recommend it to anyone I like and I do not think it was ok.
Though, truth be told I might read the sequels just to see if it gets any better.(less)

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Nov 30, 2011 Nick rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In the future, I will stick to Jim Butcher's 'The Dresden Files' for my hard-boiled urban fantasy needs. Not that there's not room in the genre for a novel with cars that eat people, or anything.

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Jun 18, 2009 Ben Babcock rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009-read, fantasy, from-library, urban-fantasy

After discovering Simon R. Green through his Nightside series, I was looking forward to this new series. While The Man With the Golden Torc is occasionally entertaining, overall I was underwhelmed.

The culprit in this case is a repetitiveness on the part of the author. He reuses certain phrases often, and it's not clear whether this is done intentionally, for the sake of irony, or if he's just not that inventive. Also, is this book supposed to be set in the same universe as the Nightside series?...more After discovering Simon R. Green through his Nightside series, I was looking forward to this new series. While The Man With the Golden Torc is occasionally entertaining, overall I was underwhelmed.

The culprit in this case is a repetitiveness on the part of the author. He reuses certain phrases often, and it's not clear whether this is done intentionally, for the sake of irony, or if he's just not that inventive. Also, is this book supposed to be set in the same universe as the Nightside series? If not, then Green's reusing a lot of mythology from that series, which strikes me as unoriginal--for instance, the depiction of demons as creatures that sink their claws into someone and grow fatter the more people listen to their demon. This sends a message to me that Green isn't fully invested in creating an interesting world for his stories if he's just reusing what came before.

Still, I'd overlook it if the story were outstanding. The story comes first. Unfortunately, The Man With the Golden Torc starts with a bang and ends with a whimper. The mystery component of it, in which our protagonist has to discover the secret behind his family, quickly lapses in a repetitive series of "find the next informant" adventures as Eddie and his companion visit fellow rogue members of the Drood family. During the climax, Eddie discovers the awful truth about the Droods and what the source of their power (the requisite mystical object, the Heart) actually is, only to be rescued by a deus ex machina that is ... well, to be frank, creepy. I'm not going to spoil it, but let's just say that if Eddie's new ally turns out to be evil, I won't be surprised, but I'll be disappointed. It's just too predictable.

And that's the downfall of this book: there's very little about it that's special. It's mostly predictable, occasionally quirky enough to make me smile, but seldom did it pull me in and refuse to let me go. I'll continue reading the series to see if it improves, but so far the Secret Histories series isn't living up to what I've expected from Green.(less)

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Apr 09, 2013 Beefgir rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The first couple chapters of this story start out with this average assassin guy who has this magical armor. An armor that is immune to everything, super powerful magically and physically, and is pretty much a get out of jail free card all the time. It has no fuel, it does not run out of power, and when hes wearing it, he CANT BE TOUCHED. Hes super strong, super fast, and super impervious to everything.
It’s like playing a video game with every cheat code turned on. It makes it clear that this s...more

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Sep 10, 2012 Jody rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, mystery

I like the nightside series but this secret histories series blows the nightside out of the water. I like the characters better but only because Green gives us much more detail and backstory on them. This book is a lot longer than the nightside, it would probably take 3 nightside books to make up one in the secret histories series. There are some things you can see coming pages before they happen but then again the other surprises more than make up for that. Once again, I cannot compare this boo...more

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Nov 12, 2011 Crescendo rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Wow, what a mess..here is how story unfolds : we have our softhearted and naive agent/killer with a long list of gadgets to start with - indestructible golden armor, hand-watch to turn back time, auto aiming gun with unlimited bullets and portable door. He meets a series of almighty bad guys who happen to have weapons to counter his gadgets, but not to worry, our hero just keeps finding bigger and better gadgets - super-powerful shaman from another dimension, badge to confuse the whole universe...more

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Aug 31, 2011 Patricia Burroughs rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: british-isles, fantasy

This was highly recced to me, urban fantasy, I think, but very British? We'll see!

I'm back. Listened to it, found it highly entertaining! From the titles in the series to Eddie Drood's alternate name of Bond, it's clear that these books owe a bit to James Bond, international spy with all sorts of fun and ridiculous weapons. And it works.

Sidebar: I have always been annoyed by titles like Julia Quinn's Bridgerton Series--It's In His Kiss, The Viscount Who Loved Me, The Duke And I, even though I lo...more

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Jul 22, 2012 Borderstar rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: magic, x-recommended, urban-fantasy

This was a bit disappointing. I read this book after it was recommended to me as being excellent urban fantasy with some romance thrown in...unfortunately it was very dragged out, with no real romance to speak of. The only character that was developed to any extent was the main hero of our story, edwin drood, or shaman bond and everyone else was pretty much a cardboard cut-out.

I enjoyed the elaborate and imaginative villains and situations and world, and I actually started the book thinking it w...more

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Apr 25, 2012 Kelly Maybedog Hawkins rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: what-modern-fantasy, what-male-protagonist

This was a funny book but with a good plot and interesting world but the first quarter read like a comic book farce and was a little too out there for me to get into it. I really didn't like the protagonist very much and I almost stopped there but then the story got a little better as the real story of the book came out. I began to like the character better although it began to read like Alice in Wonderland or the Wizard of Oz or the Phantom Tollbooth but not nearly as good. What I mean is that...more

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May 15, 2011 Meghan rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have to admit, I read one of Simon R. Green's short stories in a collection of supernatural detective fiction a while back and was only lukewarm on it. However, the concept behind this novel and the fact that it was on sale convinced me to give the author another try.

Unfortunately, I just don't think Green is for me. The book, which follows the adventures of Eddie Drood - a James Bond-esque spy who tackles supernatural threats - is written in first person, and the narrative voice just didn't w...more

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Feb 11, 2011 Kaelee Newton rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, library, 1st-in-series, series

This was my first Green novel and I think now I understand more why that is. I have seen his name come up over and over in urban fantasy context genre but when I first picked up his Nightside series I just couldn't get into it. I had the same problem with this book. BUT two of my best friends had read and enjoyed the book so I knew there had to be something there. I pushed through my normal "meh, next!" response to books I don't quite feel and finished reading the book based on their reactions t...more

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Jul 15, 2011 Kevin Svendsen rated it 3 of 5 stars

The biggest problem that I have with Simon R Green is his inability to set good rules. He has excellent characters with good dialog, arcs that make sense and interesting concepts, but his books are always missing a certain consistency. I find it almost impossible to believe any of the conflict, or any threat to the characters, because of the apparent arbitrariness of the magic system. This has been a problem in his Nightside series, and it is present in this book as well. He writes good set piec...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Naiya rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy

His name is Drood. Edwin Drood.

Cover name: Shaman Bond.

His whole life, he’s been taught that his only reason for being is to protect mankind and maintain order in a world saturated with magic, super-science, aliens, and monsters. Around his throat, Eddie wears a magic torc–it’s retractable armor and an invisibility cloak all rolled into one. But trouble is stirring–there are evil powers that want to take the Drood family down, and a traitor in the family. So when Eddie is summoned home from the...more

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Jul 30, 2009 MB rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to MB by: Fantasy & SciFi Group

Shelves: fantasy-urban-fantasy-paranormals

Enjoyable...lots of fun. An interesting hybrid of spy/mystery/fantasy. As other reviewers have mentioned, it was like Harry Dresden crossed with James Bond.

My thought on reading it is that it would have better functioned as a graphic novel due to the rapid pace and minimal exposition. (Or a movie, since it was mostly action and quips.) It was like this happened...bang! Then this happened...explosion! Then this happened...cataclysm! On and on and on. Most of it was crying out for illustration and...more

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Jan 07, 2012 Sylvia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is one of those times I wish I was allowed to give half-stars. This wasn't a bad book by any means. The writing was great (minus a few bits of dialogue I felt were over the top and rather ridiculous even for the setting) and I loved the story in general. However, it took me roughly one entire month to finish it. Some of it was the holiday season, but the rest of it was that there were times when I felt I had to slog through it.

Some of my dislike might be that, while good, this just wasn't m...more This is one of those times I wish I was allowed to give half-stars. This wasn't a bad book by any means. The writing was great (minus a few bits of dialogue I felt were over the top and rather ridiculous even for the setting) and I loved the story in general. However, it took me roughly one entire month to finish it. Some of it was the holiday season, but the rest of it was that there were times when I felt I had to slog through it.

Some of my dislike might be that, while good, this just wasn't my kind of book. A lot happened in this book, so much that many times it felt like Green was trying to cram as much action as he could into not-quite 400 pages. I like a moving plot, but this one had pages full of action that would make Michael Bay green with envy followed by pages of slow down. There was more action at the first part of the book than there was at the final climax, and somehow even the climax was burgeoning on "too much" for my personal tastes (or it could be that by that point I was more than ready for the story to be over already).

One thing that lowered my rating was the amount of "As you know, Bob," that happened almost anytime a new group, monster, or villain was encountered. A little info-dumping via dialogue is fine, but a paragraph's worth of dialogue with either Shaman/Edwin or Molly sounding like encyclopedias rather than people tended to pull me right out of the story and had me rolling my eyes. (Yes, I am complaining about suspension of disbelief in a book that contains man-eating cars called--wait for it--CARnivores.)

It's likely I'll pick up the next book in this series, and Green's Nightside series is on my shelf at home awaiting a re-read along with plans to add more of his work to my library. However, as I said, I have a sneaking suspicion this is a case of "good book, just not for me."

If you like the idea of a fantasy hero with access to supernatural James Bond-ish magical/high-tech gadgets and who just happens to drive a really cool antique sports car, you might enjoy this slightly silly action-packed romp.(less)

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