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Slashback (2013)

by Rob Thurman(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0451465024 (ISBN13: 9780451465023)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Roc

series

Cal Leandros

review 1: I've been reading this urban fantasy series for a long while now, and it's one of the most enjoyable ones on the market. 'Slashback' was an average tale among the others in the series. This novel provides a large amount of background information about our favorite brothers. Thurman has done a good job of writing a tale that alternates between Cal talking about the present and his brother talking in the past when they were children. As both parts mirror each other in certain details, it helps bind the two tenses together where there was the possibility it could have been jarring. Thurman also dishes out the combat with the usual flare, managing to keep it interesting while preventing it from being bogged down in pointless details. If you have been following this series, you... more can expect pretty much most of the details you have seen before, as well as Cal's continual evolution as he tries to find what he is and how he fits into those around him.Now, I can't really talk about the major element within this story that bugged me as it would spoil one of the major reveals within this story. I will say however that Thurman's decision to include the beings she did left me with a sour taste in my mouth. Where Thurman has been able to keep her series unique among the urban fantasy genre, this reveal takes away some of that uniqueness. Another problem with 'Slashback' is the resolution of the final conflict. I am not a fan of the Deus Ex Machina ending, and 'Slashback' contains it in spades, both in the past as well as in the present of the tale. Though it was handled well, I felt the way things were handled weakened the build up of the rest of the novel. Through most of it, I was wondering how Cal and his brother were going to solve things, and the fact that really, they didn't, was a let down.Still, 'Slashback' contained a lot of wicked things in it, and I am interested to see if Thurman does something unique with the species she has brought into her world. If you read urban fantasy, I recommend this series to you, as I have to others, because it really is a treat in a world of Hamiltons and others who followed her Anita Blake over-sexed style. Seriously, pick this series up.
review 2: I was waiting to see growth in the characters and I didn't. The big bad guy? Kind of a joke by the end because it was so... over the top and... come on, really? Really? Research the lore and you'll be dissatisfied with the results. Jack leapt around scaring the wits out of ladies and slapping gents. Artistic interpretation, sure, but... really? I was disappointed overall, however it was still a well created story. I just don't know if I'll be reading the next one or not. less

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