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A review by themanfromdelmonte
Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross
4.0
First things first, this is not a Laundry novel. It’s set in the milieu after the last Laundry story (The Labyrinth Index) but there’s no Bob or Mo or the others (I would have loved to read more about Alex and his Alfär princess) However, what you get is more of Stross’ fondness for twisting familiar tropes. There’s less eldritch and more human nastiness in this book. Oh, and his 007 fixation surfaces again.
On the down side I found the narrative slightly fractured and the plot lines seemed to be rather too neatly tied up. However, I’m being picky, the author’s attention to detail is marvellous (The Chernobog!) and I can forgive much of someone that can casually drop in a reference to Wish You Were Here.
On the down side I found the narrative slightly fractured and the plot lines seemed to be rather too neatly tied up. However, I’m being picky, the author’s attention to detail is marvellous (The Chernobog!) and I can forgive much of someone that can casually drop in a reference to Wish You Were Here.