Paths Not Taken 
asked by alec on November 18, 2006 2:28 PM
John Taylor just discovered his long-gone mother created the Nightside--the dark heart of London--and intends to destroy it. To save his birthplace, he will have to travel back through a very distant--and probably deadly--past.
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Trust me, it is not fun being the lone wet blanket amongst a chorus of positive reviews, but....
This was better than the last book, but the last was so lame that it took me a long time to read this one. Green STILL isn't doing ANYTHING different from Cook's Garret series and the Garret series is still better. That's why it only gets 2 stars instead of 3.
Look, if you only read super duper mega fiction then you will like this series, heck you will like anything that Green wrote. Also, you should be reading a lot of the miliporn done by Brunch and Drake and by the way have you resubscribed to Soldier of Fortune and Babes with Guns?
I like his work when there's nothing eles to read, but know this: Walter Jon Williams does the male-female buddy cop characters better than this, Cook does the fantasy detective better than this and the Dresden series handles fantasy meets machineguns better than this, and Morgan's Kovacks character is much tougher than John Tyler.
Still, its a fun ride, but not a great book. I will read the next book because its a fun ride. It is wrong to say its a good book however, because the plots are still shallow (though there's actually some character relationship development in this one) and the characters are stock put in every book Green has ever written. If you've read the other books in the series this is better than the last because it has an interesting take on Roman times, however, I still ask: how much over the top phantasmagoria can you take before it becomes mediocre?
This was better than the last book, but the last was so lame that it took me a long time to read this one. Green STILL isn't doing ANYTHING different from Cook's Garret series and the Garret series is still better. That's why it only gets 2 stars instead of 3.
Look, if you only read super duper mega fiction then you will like this series, heck you will like anything that Green wrote. Also, you should be reading a lot of the miliporn done by Brunch and Drake and by the way have you resubscribed to Soldier of Fortune and Babes with Guns?
I like his work when there's nothing eles to read, but know this: Walter Jon Williams does the male-female buddy cop characters better than this, Cook does the fantasy detective better than this and the Dresden series handles fantasy meets machineguns better than this, and Morgan's Kovacks character is much tougher than John Tyler.
Still, its a fun ride, but not a great book. I will read the next book because its a fun ride. It is wrong to say its a good book however, because the plots are still shallow (though there's actually some character relationship development in this one) and the characters are stock put in every book Green has ever written. If you've read the other books in the series this is better than the last because it has an interesting take on Roman times, however, I still ask: how much over the top phantasmagoria can you take before it becomes mediocre?
reviewed by stix on November 18, 2006 3:25 PM
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This book was very good! Excellent author; love the series.
reviewed by linda on November 24, 2006 4:27 AM
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This series that must be read in order and is not for the faint of stomach. It is for those who enjoy action and fantasy. Personally, I'll admit I'm a bit disappointed in the path the series has taken. The first two books were truly a PI in a fantasy world. Now, Taylor is on a quest and each book is a bit more of the same. Taylor and his friends are engaging characters, but the story seems to be stuck on a theme. The story moves well and doesn't lack for excitement, but I'd like to see this thread wrapped up and John get back to fighting crime in Nightside.
reviewed by webster on November 24, 2006 8:15 PM