May Contain Traces of Magic

from KayDekker

It's a pity, but complex plotting doesn't necessarily make good writing. It takes a really excellent writer to tie her or his readers up in such tangles that at times they don't know whether they're coming or going, but without leaving them at the close wondering why all the complexity should hav...

from Shimmin

Started out very promising; I groaned a bit on spotting a link to John Wellington Wells & Co., who lost my interest a good while ago, but it's a background connection rather than anything major. I liked the basic premise with the sentient SatNav and some of the possibilities it seemed to be offer...

from Aula

Interesting premise and mostly interesting characters. Yet - as with so many of Tom Holt's books for me - he lost my interest about half way through and the rest was a slog. Too much in-depth internal dialogue that got boring for me; I found the plot a bit too complex and tedious.

from Skybalon

Fun read, pretty much like other Holt novels, he builds a fun world that doesn't necessarily make complete logical sense and then he has low-key British humor (humour) with it. This might be part of series but it really stands alone just fine.

from paganpaul

A very entertaining book, at least after I got through the first 80 pages. I didn't understand it upto there, but from there it was a hilarious read, with a nice twist at the end.