On and off, I've tended to read quite a bit. So, I thought I'd put up some reviews of books as I read them. In time, I may go back and add reviews of some of the books I read in the past. Not massively exciting, but I suppose it may be of interest to someone, somewhere (perhaps).
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye - Christopher Brookmyre
I read this on the recommendation of friends at work. It's comedy, or perhaps a comedy thriller. The plot is that a law-abiding forty-something Scottish grandmother finds her son threatened by an international arms-dealing conspiracy, and joins a team of crack mercenaries to rescue him. Sounds pretty tacky, but it's really rather well done. The characters are not cardboard cut-outs (ok, a few of the baddies are, but most everyone else is well-developed), the plot works surprisingly well with a few decent twists, and the comedy is reasonably black. The action scenes are tense. My overall impression is that it's comedy fluff, but extremely well-written comedy fluff which really shows up most of the genre.
Permalink. Posted 21:30, Wed, 22 Dec 2010.
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