Damaris C. (Erinyes) reviewed Expecting alot, got most of it... on 4/29/2009 + 279 more book reviews

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I was expecting a lot from this book. Maybe that was my downfall.

First the downsides I found in it. I am accustomed to reading these urban fantasy type books. They almost always (to my somewhat spotty memory) have 2 points of view. Sometimes only one. There is the protagonist and the antagonist. This books has four points of view. The main characters (Quincey Morris and his friend Libby Chastain), the black magic woman they are chasing, two police officers who know nothing of Morris, Chastain, or the black magic woman they are chasing, and the black magic woman who is only slightly attached to the original black magic woman that the main characters are chasing. Am I the only person that thinks that sounds odd?
It's not hard to follow just slightly off in my opinion.

The second downfall from this book is they pass through a lot of very weird stuff getting to the main black magic woman. This stuff never seems to be explained in anyway. Just like, oh here is this crazy thing and we're moving on! I wanted to know more I suppose.

Okay, here is the good point. Despite all of that oddness it is a good story. I thought the back story in how Mr. Morris got into the business was sheer genius. That along makes the book worth it. The nuts and bolts of the story seemed plausible enough to move things along. I am interested enough to get the second book and hope to see more of Morris and Chastain.

I suppose the problem is I picked up this book expecting a character driven story as in Harry Dresden or early Anita Blake and instead I got something less about the main characters and more about the plot. It threw me off but all in all I consider it time well spent.

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