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May Contain Traces Of Magic (2009)

by Tom Holt(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1841495050 (ISBN13: 9781841495057)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Orbit

series

J. W. Wells & Co.

review 1: I have been trying to think of the name of this book for ages. In my head I just remembered something about the SatNav being a trapped demon (of some sort). I love this image because when I was a child I loved the idea of tiny 'people' sitting in robots and changing the light to green when we drove up to it. Finally, my brother in law reminded me of this book and so I was really excited to read it. It is difficult to live up to high expectations, and I did really enjoy it although I felt there were maybe too many plots twists or crescendos. Still, I love that someone actually used the word "guff" in a book and there were a number of just fabulous analogies and delicious phrases. A really funny book and I am sure not to forget the name of it this time.
review 2:... more I probably should have been frustrated by how often the main character Chris gets jerked around by the women in his life. His boss is good but his car (or whatever's possessing it) is evil--no, the car's actually on his side--hang on, the car's using him for her own purposes, so is his boss, and so is his girlfriend--it really should have been stupid. But I liked how Chris's understanding of reality kept changing as new facts came to light, and how the confusion multiplied the closer he got to the end of the story. Also, it was a sweet and satisfactory ending, and since it's set in the J.W. Wells world (and I love that series) I enjoyed it all round. less

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