The Labyrinth Index

, #9

364 pages

English language

Published Jan. 29, 2018

ISBN:
978-1-250-19608-8
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OCLC Number:
1050793758
ASIN:
B0769XMXV8

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4 stars (3 reviews)

"The arrival of vast, alien, inhuman intelligences reshaped the landscape fo human affairs across the world, and the United Kingdom is no exception. Things have changed in Britain since the dread elder god Nyarlathotep ascended to the rank of Prime Minister. Mhari Murphy, recently elevated to the House of Lords and head of the Lords Select Committee on Sanguinary Affairs (think vampires), finds herself in direct consultation with the creeping chaos, who directs her to lead a team of disgraced Laundry personnel into the dark heart of America. It seems the Creeping Chaos is concerned about foreign relations. A thousand-mile-wild storm system has blanketed the midwest, and the President is nowhere to be found. In fact, for reasons unknown the people of America are forgetting that the executive branch ever existed. The government has been infiltrated by the shadowy Black Chamber, and the Pentagon and NASA have been refocused on …

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reviewed The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #9)

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3 stars

The Laundry books have gotten darker in a way I haven't entirely enjoyed, although that's my personal taste and not a criticism. This is another book where Stross attempts to write a female protagonist, and I find it pretty excruciating. Particularly the sex scenes.

Ironically what this book unashamedly is, is a love letter to Concorde. It's like reading a Neal Stephenson book: he's done the research and now you're going to know about it. And I loved it.

Can't help but think this book would read more easily with less snark.

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4 stars

Everything Stross gets an automatic 4 stars for me. The creeping dread of the Laundry Files is a much enjoyed setting for me. That being said, this one only gets the base 4 stars. I just get the feeling that when he moves the story to an American setting the books are just a little weaker (the same feeling I got with the Apocalypse Codex). Still, this was a rollicking read and moved the overall story along nicely.

2021 Re-read
Upping to 4.5 stars. Seems when I read this before I may have missed a bit of nuance or something because I definitely underrated it slightly.

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