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Jul 23, 2017SCL_Justin rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I’ve heard about Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim books but before reading one I expected some gritty cyberpunk type thing. So I was surprised that it was all magic and ass-kicking, not clever, understated detective work. Stark is a man who just came back to Los Angeles from 11 years in hell and he’s looking for his old magical friends who turned on him and sent him there. I loved how the book throws you right in, like you’ve missed something that would explain how Stark wasn’t dead when he went to hell. Instead of worrying about that Stark just steals money, uses a hell-coin to make decisions and basically cuts a swathe through the magickal underworld. It was fun, but had less oomph to it than I’d hoped. Good popcorn reading.