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meganbmooreThe 10th Nightside book is rather uneven (and actually feels like it started out as a book and a separate novella, and then Green decided to combine them into one) as Green is wrapping up various plot elements from the first nine books, and simultaneously setting up the final arc. (I’m told the series will end at twelve books, which is a pretty decent number given the size of the books.) The result is uneven, but still entertaining.
The first section of the book is a rather standard Nightside adventure in which John Taylor and a transvestite crimefighter (who, sadly, seems to be one of the one-off characters) escort an elflord named Lord Screech through the Nightside with everyone trying to stop and kill them since he’s carrying a peace treaty. Though largely disconnected from the rest of the book, this sets up the villain and a large chunk of the conflict for the final arc. The rest of the book, in which Walker, the “grey” peacekeeper of the Nightside, asks John to take over his job, feels like it chiefly serves as a transition, wrapping up some remaining plotpoints like The Collector and the fate of Tommy Oblivion, with Walker giving John a walkthrough of his version of the Nightside.
Though uneven, it’s still morbidly funny and rather “extreme,” which is among the main criteria for the series. It also, I think, has part of the book from a perspective other than John’s (which contained an awesome St. Trinian’s reference) which I think is a first for the series. Hopefully, this will continue in the last two books.
The first section of the book is a rather standard Nightside adventure in which John Taylor and a transvestite crimefighter (who, sadly, seems to be one of the one-off characters) escort an elflord named Lord Screech through the Nightside with everyone trying to stop and kill them since he’s carrying a peace treaty. Though largely disconnected from the rest of the book, this sets up the villain and a large chunk of the conflict for the final arc. The rest of the book, in which Walker, the “grey” peacekeeper of the Nightside, asks John to take over his job, feels like it chiefly serves as a transition, wrapping up some remaining plotpoints like The Collector and the fate of Tommy Oblivion, with Walker giving John a walkthrough of his version of the Nightside.
Though uneven, it’s still morbidly funny and rather “extreme,” which is among the main criteria for the series. It also, I think, has part of the book from a perspective other than John’s (which contained an awesome St. Trinian’s reference) which I think is a first for the series. Hopefully, this will continue in the last two books.