A review by hushedworld
Deadlight Jack by Mark Onspaugh

4.0

This book was entertaining. It was a quick, easy read with characters whose company I enjoyed. That being said, the two main characters have a kind of "friend thing" where they trade off race related name calling & while I'm not addressing that issue from a PC standpoint per se... it mostly was like the only aspect of the story which felt clunky & it pulled me out of the story every single time which I kind of don't like. So I didn't realize this was a book in a series & I added the first book to my list but... I hope that's not the case in the first story as well because I might just let this storyline go if that's the case (& I guess I don't know why that shtick would pop-up in the 2nd book if it wasn't part of their relationship in the first ?) I assume it was an attempt to make the friendship quirky or something but I really don't think it was necessary... I liked the characters! I thought they were interesting. The creepy part was effectively creepy. I kind of want to visit with these gents again & see what their first escapades were all about. I just found the constant stream of Native American nicknames as teasing/jest to be a little annoying & really unnecessary.