Daemons are Forever - Simon R. Green

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

This is the thread to discuss Daemons Are Forever. Be good. Stay on topic at least 25% of the time. Try to mark spoilers.
:-)

I'm going to start reading it today.

[Amanda]

Shoot *runs off to request a copy from the library*

[Laurel]

Curses - I haven't even read the first one yet!

[[deleted user]]

I can't separate all the Drood books in my mind, the stories all run together.

doh.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

:-D


@Ala - your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to start reading Monster Hunter International.

[Maggie]

shucks-the first one is still in my TBR

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Now is a perfect time to knock some TBR lists down by 2!

:-P

[Maggie]

but but but... i still havent even got to Midnight riot yet...or stonewielder...or or or..

decides to go put an icepack on my head

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

lol! I know the feeling. I'm supposed to read Hounded with someone else. Speaking of Hounded, I need to go buy a copy...


I'm about 100 pages into Daemons Are Forever. The action started early, which I love. Eddie is being a little stupid and thinks he's stronger than he is - which is what men do.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Oops! Didn't see this had started...I'll snatch it from my shelf and add it to my current reads!

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

I kinda figured that you hadn't started yet, so I paused for a while. :-)

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Got it out and on top of Darkness of the Gods etc. I'll probably start it tomorrow if I can...

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Can I join y'all? I just started it today and am around page 80. It is interesting to see Eddie dealing with the aftermath of the first book and all the politics that entails. He really isn't suited for it.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Of course you can join in! The more, the merrier!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Otherwise why would they let me in? :) That's why it's a "buddy read. LOL

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Well, I'm up to around pg 130 now and I'm really surprised that Eddie left the house so soon after Harry showed up. I think that's going to come back and bite him in the you-know-where.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Careful...not a spoiler thread.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Careful...not a spoiler thread."

But we are suppose to discuss the book here, right? I kept it as vague as I could.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Right, not being hard to get along with. We usually just do a "spoiler below" warning or something....

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Spolier tags are super easy! all you have to do is: < spoiler> text text text< /spoiler> (remove the spaces and it looks like this: (view spoiler)[Aren't these tags great! (hide spoiler)]

But if you don't want to use spoiler tags, just type something like this:

-------- Spoilers below --------

text text text

[[deleted user]]

It Is a bit silly when the spoiler tags get out of control tho. I always feel a bit strange when I enter a thread and see 90% of the comments hidden. I'd almost prefer a discussion thread to just be posted as containing spoilers and the conversation to take place freely.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Well, we can have 2 threads...one can be for people still reading and the other could have spoilers...or not.

[carol. , Senor Crabbypants]

(view spoiler)[
i just started reading too. starts well.
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:D

[[deleted user]]

Lol @ Carol. Smartass ;)

[carol. , Senor Crabbypants]

*bows*

I might have peeked at the end. Some days I can't take suspense.

*ducks and hides*

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Well, I finally finished it. I really liked it. It was as good as the first book, but in a different way. I really enjoyed getting to know more of the family. Everything else I'm going to say will be behind a spoiler screen.

(view spoiler)[I was surprised the time trip took 18 months, that seemed a bit excessive and that things should have been worse in the family after getting back, especially since Sebastian was one of Harry's advisers.

As much as I love Molly, I also thought the ending was too convenient. She should have died. And I say this thinking there were already too many people I grew to like who died in this book.

But I loved getting to know the family and seeing them work with the advisers so well. I was so upset when so many of them died in the first assault, although I'm not sure why Eddie didn't give everyone going a torc (and I was wondering that before they left). I know they always talk about how huge the family is, but I wonder how many are left? They lost in the hundreds, at least.

It was great to see Martha decide to do what's best for the family again and call a truce with Eddie. They worked well together, and her kicking Deathstalker's ass was awesome!

I have no idea who killed Sebastian. For awhile I thought the old traitor was the armourer, especially when his scanning device didn't work.

Starting about halfway through the book, the fabled armor seemed to be vulnerable. Firs the Blue Fairy stole a torc (how was that possible), then the Loathly Ones had weapons that pierced it or were able to overwhelm the wearers anyway. Strange/Ethel doesn't seem to be as powerful as the previous heart, but it is more entertaining. (hide spoiler)]

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Acck! Haven't finished, this has been a slow week or two for me.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

A little more than half way through... depends on how much time I can put into sitting and reading now.

[carol. , Senor Crabbypants]

I got sidetracked and read The Native Starinstead. While I've read a lot of Green, in some ways his writing reminds me of graphic novels or action movies--characters drawn in broad lines without a lot of subtleties in frankly unrealistic settings. I get it, that's the point, and there's been times I've enjoyed the casually violent mayhem of John Taylor and Susie. Maybe that's partly what bothers me about Eddie and Molly--they remind me too much of the Nightside books.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

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I have the Death Stalker books (or several of them) on my shelves waiting. Thought the cameo was "interesting".

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Finished it...pretty good. To say more will have spoilers in it. I thought it took a while to get going, mostly because Green seemed to felt he had to "catch everybody up". Then it took off.

[Amanda]

I'm seriously late on this but I'm 100 pages in :) I think in a way the reason I like this one so much is that the humor reminds me of Doctor Who. Lots of fast dialogue and back and forth smartassery especially between Eddie and Molly. Love Molly to death btw :)