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Brooklyn Knight (2010)

by C.J. Henderson(Favorite Author)

2.98 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0765320835 (ISBN13: 9780765320834)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Tor Books

series

Piers Knight

review 1: Brooklyn Knight is very interesting in the beginning. There are ancient civilizations being uncovered, magical people breaking into museums, and a man possessed by a demon. I was expecting to learn more about the ancient city and how it was being brought back, but all the information you get about that is in the introduction. I was really enjoying the novel, the quirky characters, and the city history, up until the point where the police became involved. After that we have to read pages and pages where the character rehashes the same event. The plot itself is extremely thin and revolves around a stone with multiple languages on it. The explanation given for why the stone is so badly needed comes very late and is not satisfying at all. In addition to the boring plot, we hav... moree the sarcastic banter of the two main characters to deal with. The professor comes off as nervous and shy at times, yet trades jibes back and forth with his female intern constantly. So he is part awkward professor, part rude teenage I guess. The combination is not very appealing in large doses, and believe me, it comes in large doses. I got tired of the inaction to the point where I wanted to stop reading, but I did care a tiny bit about the plot, so I continued. I really don't feel satisfied at all after reading this. Brooklyn Knight is dialogue, police interrogation, a bit of magic, and a demon. That's it. Overall, it was forgettable, and I wouldn't suggest it even if you do like wise cracking intellectual main characters. Disappointing.
review 2: I have a long-standing affinity for C.J. Henderson's work. I like his style, I like his characters, and this one in particular reminds me of some of my favorite bits out of his occult detective stories. That said, there are dated aspects to this book. Bridget is a little too... something. I can't pin it down because I want to like her and I'm having trouble doing it. I like Knight, though. I think he's genuinely interesting and would make a mighty fine comic book character, too. The book is, in my opinion, only "Urban Fantasy" in the sense that it's a fantasy novel set in modern New York. It's really a modern pulp novel with all the trimmings. Piers Knight owes far more to Doc Savage than he does to Harry Dresden. Anton Zarnak comes to mind, too. This is a distillation of a lot of things Henderson has worked on before and I like where he's going with it. I hope that the next book is at least as good. less

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