
Something More Than Night
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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By:
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Ian Tregillis
Ian Tregillis's Something More Than Night is a Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler inspired murder mystery set in Thomas Aquinas’s vision of Heaven. It’s a noir detective story starring fallen angels, the heavenly choir, nightclub stigmatics, a priest with a dirty secret, a femme fatale, and the Voice of God.
Somebody has murdered the angel Gabriel. Worse, the Jericho Trumpet has gone missing, putting Heaven on the brink of a truly cosmic crisis. But the twisty plot that unfolds from the murder investigation leads to something much bigger: a con job one billion years in the making.Because this is no mere murder. A small band of angels has decided to break out of heaven, but they need a human patsy to make their plan work.Much of the story is told from the point of view of Bayliss, a cynical fallen angel who has modeled himself on Philip Marlowe. The yarn he spins follows the progression of a Marlowe novel—the mysterious dame who needs his help, getting grilled by the bulls, finding a stiff, getting slipped a mickey.
Angels and gunsels, dames with eyes like fire, and a grand maguffin, Something More Than Night is a murder mystery for the cosmos.
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I imagine that reviews of this book will be very divided. If you want to sit back and listen to the poetry of a twisting, convoluted plot (which I'd advise requires if not a small knowledge of philosophy, then a dictionary (or google) on hand), then you'll love it. If you don't like super elaborate descriptions and metaphors then you'll probably find this book bloated in self-indulgent excess. So be forewarned. If you don't like the first twenty minutes or so, don't go on. If you loved it (like I did), sit back and enjoy!
part noir mystery, part philosophy class
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Entertaining Fantasy/Sci-Fi Detective Story
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Scott Brick could make tax law sound compelling
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be prepared
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Only if they like 1930s/40s, hard-boiled slang and hard fantasy.Any additional comments?
Hard fantasy meets classic crime noir. An odd mix that may or may not be to a reader's taste. If you like your fallen angels to talk as if they are straight out a Chandler tale, plots and a mystery that are billions of years in the making, and a heavenly choir described in terms of wonder and quantum physics, then this might be for you. If not, you just might not be the type of dame or mugg that is hip to such a hard-boiled tale.Hard-boiled fantasy
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Not quite what I expected
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I am not always a fan of Scott Brick's narration for some books, but I thought he was spot on for this book and writing style.
Overall, I enjoyed it, maybe more of a 3.5 stars than 4. I still look forward To Mr. Tregillis' next writing effort.
More than a few moments of Brilliance!
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This haunts me
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Loved.
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The narrator is amazing and brings a great characterization to each player in the story. I would definitely listen to another book with him reading.
As a final note, I have read/listened to all of Ian Tregillis' books and I am a fan...this one was just a bit off the well-worn path for him.
Great story; hard to follow
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