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Busted Flush (2008)

by George R.R. Martin(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0765317826 (ISBN13: 9780765317827)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Tor Books

series

Wild Cards

review 1: This volume in the Wild Cards series seemed more disjointed than usual. Teams of aces were scattered in Africa, New Orleans, and other locations, with some of them zipping back and forth in a way that made it hard to keep track of who was where and who was working with/for whom. I also had a difficult time remembering who some of the aces were, because sometimes they would use their regular names and sometimes they would use their ace codenames, and in at least one case, a shapeshifter would use multiple names. It's been 5 years since I read volume 18, and I just didn't remember every detail about the characters' powers and names. A story recap, or perhaps a dramatis personae, at the beginning of this volume would have been nice.The storyline around the human nuclear bomb ... moreDrake was the most compelling, and I wished Hoodoo Mama had been featured more, as she was also an interesting character.
review 2: Long break due to attempt at book about Iran hostage crisis and re-read of The Watchmen after seeing first 30 mins of crappy Watchmen movie; Busted Flush was good, though not as good as Inside Straight (not as original); also, little too much focus on characters that I did not really like (Drummer Boy, who has the least interesting power of all); but action at the end was good, and I liked the idea of the boy who is a nuclear bomb; too much sex in it, and a little too graphic for my taste. less

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