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Title: Petty Pewter Gods
Series: Garrett, PI #8
Author: Glen Cook
Rating: 2 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 296
Words: 80K
Series: Garrett, PI #8
Author: Glen Cook
Rating: 2 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 296
Words: 80K
Synopsis:
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From Wikipedia
TunFaire is in a state of unrest; with
the sudden end of the war in the Cantard, returning former
soldiers are at odds with the half-breeds and immigrants who have
taken their places in society. Garrett, however, has his own problems
to worry about - he gets knocked out, brought before a group of
small-time gods known as the Godoroth, and forced into working for
them. The goal: find the "key" to the one remaining temple
up for grabs in TunFaire, and do so before the Shayir, the Godoroth's
rivals. The Shayir find out about the Godoroth's plans. The Shayir
capture Garrett and give him their side of the story. Only with the
help of a renegade Shayir called Cat does Garrett manage to escape.
As the civil unrest escalates into
full-fledged street warfare, the Godoroth and Shayir elevate their
search for Garrett, and Cat, who has her own agenda, is apparently
the only one Garrett can trust. When the battle between the Godoroth
and Shayir spills over into the world of the living, causing madness
in the streets of TunFaire, the more powerful gods of the city decide
it is time to intervene. After an epic battle between gods, Garrett
hopes the trouble is over, but the Dead Man thinks there is still a
missing piece or two to the puzzle. Eventually, the Dead Man deduces
that there was yet another party behind the struggle between the
Godoroth and Shayir. When everything settles down and is sorted out,
the remaining gods go back to their own business, leaving Garrett to
go back to his beer.
My
Thoughts:
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The only reason this got 2 Stars from me is because of the momentum
the series has built up previously in how it entertains me. Well, it
just used up all that capital getting me through this piece of drek.
Garrett has always been a pig but this book it seems like Cook relied
exclusively on that and man, it really frustrated me.
In one example, he sees that a beautiful redheaded woman is spying on
him but making no effort to hide. Which he deduces that she wants him
to chase her for some reason. When she takes off into a bad part of
Tun Faire Garrett deduces there will be an ambush, and he still keeps
chasing her. And there is an ambush, that he's not really prepared
for. It just made me mad. Then, after he's gotten involved with the
petty pewter gods and has to try to avoid detection, he goes and gets
roaring drunk with some bum and pretty much blows his cover and makes
it impossible for him to help himself. Garrett was at his worst in
this book and I hated it.
If the next book is just as un-enjoyable, I'll quit the series before
it gets even worse.
★★☆☆☆
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