Review: Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

David Wong clearly has fun writing and just as clearly wants us to have fun reading his stuff. There is nothing serious here. It's gory, tons of crude humour, loads of violence, but most of the characters are reasonably likable.

Five stars, not because it's a masterpiece but that it is exactly what it set out to be and did so successfully.

I expect more to come in this series (he hinted as much in the acknowledgments). I preferred over the decent John Dies at the End series.

It's not for everyone. Your mind needs to be a bit in the gutter for this to work, but if you can meet Wong down there, it's definitely worth your time.

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Review: Undermajordomo Minor

Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was on board from page 2. I was on board at 120 when I went to bed. I should never have picked it up again after that. I had been just relating to my wife what I was enjoying about it: it has wit, it's quirky (but, at least for me, not in the usually irritating way) and it was leading to a conclusion that I felt was going to fit just right, whether it was happy or sad.

And then, on page 122 of my ebook copy, the orgy happened. Then he fell in the Very Big Hole. Then it ended. It ultimately felt pointless.

The whole book just fell off the rails. I realize the book is probably a story of love of many types (familial, romantic, even employer/employee loyalty), but it all seemed to come to nothing.

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