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A review by wendleness
A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyre
5.0
A Snowball in Hell = (Simon Darcourt + celebrities) x (Angel X + Zal Innez) ^ Twists
It was great to see Zal back, i hadn't like the way things were left between him and Angelique. Though, to be honest, i didn't like the way things were left between them in this one, either.
Simon, Simon, Simon. I simply loathed him in 'A Big Boy...', but the things he did [read: the people he murdered] in this one made me love him.
I equal parts love and hate the way Brookmyre paces his books. It's a slow build up, with the characters and their plots not coming together until well into the book. And then once he's turned the tension up as much as it can go, all the major action spills out in the last 100 pages, relentless, non-stop. And in some ways, it feels so uneven. All that time and effort to blow his load so rapidly. But it works.
There were twists upon twists in this book, too. I loved that. I thought i'd figured something out and it gets revealed, but then another twist makes it all moot. Never a dull moment.
It was great to see Zal back, i hadn't like the way things were left between him and Angelique. Though, to be honest, i didn't like the way things were left between them in this one, either.
Simon, Simon, Simon. I simply loathed him in 'A Big Boy...', but the things he did [read: the people he murdered] in this one made me love him.
I equal parts love and hate the way Brookmyre paces his books. It's a slow build up, with the characters and their plots not coming together until well into the book. And then once he's turned the tension up as much as it can go, all the major action spills out in the last 100 pages, relentless, non-stop. And in some ways, it feels so uneven. All that time and effort to blow his load so rapidly. But it works.
There were twists upon twists in this book, too. I loved that. I thought i'd figured something out and it gets revealed, but then another twist makes it all moot. Never a dull moment.