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Lädt ... Agents of Light and Darkness (Nightside, Book 2) (Original 2003; 2003. Auflage)von Simon R. Green
Werk-InformationenEin Spiel von Licht und Schatten von Simon R. Green (2003)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. John Taylor is back and this time he gets stuck between the hammer and a hard place. I really enjoyed this fast paced riot to the moon and back ... I found it better than the first book and I loved the ending!! ( ) This book started out with so much potential! I love well done urban fantasy, and I liked the concept of seeking the "Unholy" Grail. I thought that was a nice twist. But then when I immediately figured out that Jude was Judas (like, within 2 pages of his introduction), I started to get worried. Turns out, I had good reason to. This book is a mess! The plot hinges around a MacGuffin. The minor characters seem to only be there for shock value, and the main characters are one-dimensional at best, and repulsive at worst. The writing is cliche and repetitive. (Green mentions the angels have come to Nightside at least a dozen times, which is 11 more times than necessary.) And the overwhelming amount of gore and violence feels gratuitous throughout. The book's only saving grace is its relative brevity. At 234 pages for the paperback edition, I flew through it in a couple of days; and not a moment too soon! In this second installment of Green's Nightside series, John gets commissioned by the Vatican to find the Unholy Grail. Add always, things are never what that seem in the Nightside. However, with the help of friends, enemies, and those who are a little of both, his search takes him all over and to the moon and back. I think that this book was better than the first, so I'm still going to stick with the series to see if it continues to get better. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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John Taylor works in the Nightside-the gaudy, neon noir, secret heart of London, where it's always three in the morning, where gods and monsters make deals and seek pleasures they won't find anywhere else. He has a gift for finding things. And sometimes what he's hired to locate can be very, very dangerous indeed. Right now, for example, he's searching for The Unholy Grail, the cup that Judas drank from at the Last Supper. It corrupts all who touch it-but it also gives enormous power. So he's not the only one hunting. Angels, devils, sinners, and saints-they're all out there, tearing apart The Nightside, seeking the dark goblet. And it's only a matter of time until they realize that the famous John Taylor, the man with the gift for finding things, can lead them straight to it... Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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