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A review by ragsr
Department Zero by Paul Crilley
2.0
I've read other books by Paul Crilley before and they are superb. My particular favorites are the Tweed and Nightingale series. So I had high hopes when I picked this one up. Sadly it was disappointing. Basic plot: Department Zero is a place where losers go. Our hero messed up an assignment by an agent called Graves. Graves is assigned to Department Zero as a consequence and wants to get out. So he inveigles said hero there and they end up saving the universe or universes.
The problem is that it is tough to care about any of the characters, too many plot points are dropped in and never followed up. Pretty much the entire story is that the hero keeps getting into trouble and keeps getting pulled out by Graves in one disconnected scene followed by another. There is little development of any relation between the hero and Graves. Great imagination though.
The problem is that it is tough to care about any of the characters, too many plot points are dropped in and never followed up. Pretty much the entire story is that the hero keeps getting into trouble and keeps getting pulled out by Graves in one disconnected scene followed by another. There is little development of any relation between the hero and Graves. Great imagination though.