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Review of Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (Nightside, Book 6)
- Private Eye John Taylor is the only thing standing between his not-quite-human mother and the destruction of the magical realm within London known as the Nightside.
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Comments for Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (Nightside | Book 6)
- Posted on 2007-12-19
something good about these books
I don't know what it is, maybe it's because this is unusual, I don't know, but there's something addictive about these books. I have them all and I hate to see them end.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2007-11-12
Nightside stories
Simon Green has invented a nasty little piece of work called The Nightside. You will be reminded that it is called the Nightside on practically EVERY PAGE. He will not let up with repetition so get used to it. Strangely enough, he has created some strong and interesting characters. Then he kills them. Lines them up and shoots them down ( or rips their limbs off ). For a pulp serial fiction, they are rather entertaining, just be sure of the correct order to read them. Each book usually contains an individual story line but there will be occurances in each edition that will be brought up again in later novels. Unfortunately, there is no sequencing published on the cover and little listing available inside.
The series in a nutshell:
Cliche Private Investigator with supernatural power solves cases in a grim "otherworldly" location congruent to London. Mix liberally with time travel and forces of Good and Evil vying for supremacy and add a dash of zombie horror snuff film and Voila! You have THE NIGHTSIDE.
Score: 3
- Posted on 2007-10-24
Mother Dearest Returns
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (2006) is the sixth Urban Fantasy novel in the Nightside series, following Paths Not Taken. In the previous volume, Lilith declared that John Taylor was an unexpected and unwelcome complication. She started sucking the living energy out of him.
Taylor used his private eye to determine how she was doing it and reversed the flow. He left Lilith weak and helpless and kicked her in the face on his way out. Then her monsters started to advance towards her.
In this novel, Walker has Cathy kidnapped to force Taylor to turn himself in to the Authorities. Naturally, John declines the offer and uses his third eye to find Cathy somewhere within the Necropolis. He can't really pin down the location for some reason, but John and Suzy head toward the approximate area via a couple of magical cantrips.
When they reach the Necropolis, Eddie the Punk God of the Razor appears and tells them that Cathy is not actually on the Necropolis grounds. He slices a doorway with his razor to the dimension that contains the Necropolis private burial grounds and they slip into the ice cold land. There they find Tommy Oblivion and Sandra Chance, with Cathy somewhere in the vicinity.
Tommy and Sandra think that they have a deal with Walker, but he has just taken this opportunity to get rid of all four of them. Sandra is rather disturbed by his betrayal, especially when the earth golems appear and Eddie's razor can no longer slice the dimensional walls. Of course, Taylor finds a way to escape and they take Cathy with them back to the Nightside.
In this story, Taylor sends Cathy to Strangefellows with Tommy and the other three investigate the sudden quietness on the streets. They go to the Street of Gods and find only the dead, dying and dazed. Lilith has returned and the Street has been devastated. However, they do find Walker under the collapsed wall of a church. Taylor convinces Sandra to restrain herself from killing him, but she only does so when John states that Walker will not like his role in the war against Mother Dearest.
Taylor heads off alone to find the Dead Boy and then the pair search for Julian Advent, the great Victorian Adventurer. They find the newspaper owner investigating a sweat shop operation involving short fairies and magical implements. After Dead Boy takes care of the guard, Taylor takes Julian and Dead Boy aside and lays out his plans.
Both the Holy Host and the Satanic Horde are staying away from this conflict. But Taylor is acquainted with a particular Holy messenger and summons this angel using the special attributes of Dead Boy and Julian. Pretty Poison is not using that name anymore, but she knows what he wants and agrees to help him just this once.
This story takes Taylor into the unique possible future where his Enemies live and from where they have been sending back agents to kill him for decades. He has been there once before, but now he needs to learn the reason for their attempts on his life. He finds that the War itself is their rationale for trying to kill him. He has to fight his mother without raising armies against her and thereby destroying the Nightside.
When he returns to the present -- or a week later, depending on your viewpoint -- John finds that Lilith has started the War without him. Her allies and coerced partisans have attacked everyone living within Nightside. She has even raided the private graveyard of the Necropolis and raised the dead to fight for her against their friends and relatives.
Walker and his friends have fought back using every method and trick in their arsenal and are still losing. Even the Lord of Thorns is helpless before Lilith. Nightside is being destroyed before their eyes. Something else must be done.
BTW, Taylor and Suzy Shooter have public displays of affection in this novel. Their friends -- and enemies -- are appalled.
Highly recommended for Green fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of magical powers, devious spells, and quirky romance.
-Arthur W. Jordin
Score: 5
- Posted on 2007-08-26
Super Reader
Something John Taylor says sums this book up pretty well:
"..we have a biblical myth to kill."
It is war between John and his mother Lilith, with various Nightside residents from the future, those that have been trying to kill him for so long to stop this war from destroying most of everything, taking part.
Everybody is involved, and even the Authorities are exposed to the violence, as John makes a desperate run to Shadows Fall for a weapon that may give him a chance, with his friends running sacrificial inteference.
Lilith, the architect of the Nightside to give herself a haven from the powers of Heaven and Hell will not go easily, and they may even need another plan.
This book is a lot more Deathstalker than private investigator, with super powered beings, monsters, gods, zombies, and everything else being blasted, mastered and b*stard all over the Nightside and the timeline.
Score: 3 - Posted on 2007-02-02
Stunning read
There is no way you can put this book down once you start reading !! The Nightside series is without a doubt one of the most gripping book series I encountered in a long time. OK, not everyone will enjoy the Gods and Monsters, the gore and Magicks and the collection of bizarre (main) characters. For those of you who can enjoy a perfect piece of escapism .... go on, get the whole series - you will not regret it
Score: 5