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A review by diane
A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark by Harry Connolly
3.0
Likes: an urban fantasy with a main character who's over 60 instead of 18 and wearing leather, a solid commitment to not solving everything with guns, having everyone run around Seattle. I especially liked Connolly's take on vampires.
Not so much: there are a TON of characters and it's hard to keep them all straight -- quick, is the band of young people the hippie environmentalists or the vampire slayers?
This might be too much a comment from another writer, but the POV shifts (sometimes 2 and 3 times in the same paragraph) began to drive me crazy.
The most annoying thing was that I had zero idea of just what it was Marley Jacobs could do. It seemed to be very plot-dependent. Her knowing the identity of the murderer and not telling anyone? Okay. Materializing things when necessary? Illusions? Mind reading? And the import of her parties is mentioned several times and never explained.
Albert's family: never explained. What exactly Albert knows about his aunt before page 1? No idea. Are they actually related? No clue.
Not so much: there are a TON of characters and it's hard to keep them all straight -- quick, is the band of young people the hippie environmentalists or the vampire slayers?
This might be too much a comment from another writer, but the POV shifts (sometimes 2 and 3 times in the same paragraph) began to drive me crazy.
The most annoying thing was that I had zero idea of just what it was Marley Jacobs could do. It seemed to be very plot-dependent. Her knowing the identity of the murderer and not telling anyone? Okay. Materializing things when necessary? Illusions? Mind reading? And the import of her parties is mentioned several times and never explained.
Albert's family: never explained. What exactly Albert knows about his aunt before page 1? No idea. Are they actually related? No clue.