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Something from the Nightside by Simon R. Green
3.0
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I really enjoy UF and I really wanted to like this. However, it was a lot of tell not show, very repetitive, lots of info dumping for such a short book, I really didn’t care much about John Taylor because we never got to know him very well, and I was confused at the end how he was super weak right and then the house thing shut off his gift but then he could suddenly access his gift at full power. Also, I’d love to know the number of times the author said …in the Nightside. I feel like it was at lease once a page. I can see some potential so I wish I knew if the story was worth persevering through the series.