Dead Lies Dreaming

400 pages

English language

Published Dec. 19, 2020 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

ISBN:
978-1-250-26701-6
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4 stars (8 reviews)

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Review of 'Dead Lies Dreaming' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Really didn't like the first quarter of this book, and this would have been a much more negative review. The characters aren't particularly likeable, but maybe after reading the previous Stross book to this, they feel better developed and more believable. There's less terrible sex too (although not none).

Described correctly here on GoodReads as the start of a new series, as opposed to on Amazon which claims against Stross' wishes that it's a sequel in the Laundry sequence. These are entirely new characters doing their own thing in the same universe. It continues chronologically, but that's it.

Review of 'Dead Lies Dreaming' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Peter Pan meets the world of Case Nightmare Green. A decent romp setting up a new series in the Laundry Files setting.
This was a decent read, despite me not actually liking any of the characters much. It had the signature Lovecraftian horror meets modern outsourced bureaucracy vibe which is trademark of the series. This had a rotating cast of PoV characters instead of a single protagonist and I always feel Stross is stronger when he uses a single voice (even if it is an unreliable one).
J M Barrie's famous children's tale is cast in a more, accurate, light. It's a horror tale that fits the setting well.
This was also a little, bitty. It didn't have the author's usual flow. Understandable given the personal circumstances under which it was written.
Don't get me wrong, this is good reading, but I am always harder on authors who I have …

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