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Bertman examines the succession of civilizations that flourished in ancient Mesopotamia from 3500 to 500 B.C.E.; Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria
I am now self-sufficient.
Reads more like a notebook of thoughts than a volume of finished poems, sort of like Joan Didion's notes on traveling through the South, but without the Joan Didion.
Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms …
"No good" is an understatement! I love that she was detected twice, but like us readers, they were rooting for her.
"The Laundry Files' 'fast-paced blend of espionage thrills, mundane office comedy and Lovecraftian horror' (SFX) continues as Hugo Award-winning author …
NOBODY DOES IT BETTER ... Dr Mo O'Brien is an intelligence agent at the top …
I love the Laundry Files. The premise mixing Computer Science with demonology is brilliant. The narration from snarky ol' Bob is enjoyable. But honestly, I had to force myself to keep trudging through this installment of the Laundry series, fueled by the memory of how good the previous books were.
The narration is by Bob's wife Mo, but it still sounds like Bob; Mo doesn't consistently have her own voice. Most of the scenes are attending interminable meetings with none of the sharp efficiency of the previous book on vampire executives. They are obligatory, tedious, and joyless. Some books late in a series consist of nothing but monologuing dinner party scenes: this book falls into that trap. The content is ok, but needs a rewrite from telling to showing.
Sadly, this series has been demoted from the top of my "save it so you can savor it" list to my …
I love the Laundry Files. The premise mixing Computer Science with demonology is brilliant. The narration from snarky ol' Bob is enjoyable. But honestly, I had to force myself to keep trudging through this installment of the Laundry series, fueled by the memory of how good the previous books were.
The narration is by Bob's wife Mo, but it still sounds like Bob; Mo doesn't consistently have her own voice. Most of the scenes are attending interminable meetings with none of the sharp efficiency of the previous book on vampire executives. They are obligatory, tedious, and joyless. Some books late in a series consist of nothing but monologuing dinner party scenes: this book falls into that trap. The content is ok, but needs a rewrite from telling to showing.
Sadly, this series has been demoted from the top of my "save it so you can savor it" list to my bedtime book.
"For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to …
On vacation in the Big Potato Mountains, Qwilleran stumbles into a mystery involving the murder of J.J. Hawkinfield, the developer …
