The Everything Box
Ratings13
Average rating3.6
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Ratings13
Average rating3.6
Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novels—a dark and humorous story involving a doomsday gizmo, a horde of baddies determined to possess its power, and a clever thief who must steal it back . . . again and again. 22000 B.C. A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the world and its little inhabitants below. He smiles because soon, the last of humanity who survived the great flood will meet its end, too. And he should know. He’s going to play a big part in it. Our angel usually doesn’t get to do field work, and if he does well, he’s certain he’ll get a big promotion. And now it’s time . . . . The angel reaches into his pocket for the instrument of humanity’s doom. Must be in the other pocket. Then he frantically begins to pat himself down. Dejected, he realizes he has lost the object. Looking over the Earth at all that could have been, the majestic angel utters a single word. “Crap.” 2015. A thief named Coop—a specialist in purloining magic objects—steals and delivers a small box to the mysterious client who engaged his services. Coop doesn’t know that his latest job could be the end of him—and the rest of the world. Suddenly he finds himself in the company of The Department of Peculiar Science, a fearsome enforcement agency that polices the odd and strange. The box isn’t just a supernatural heirloom with quaint powers, they tell him. It’s a doomsday device. They think . . . And suddenly, everyone is out to get it.
Series
2 primary booksAnother Coop Heist is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Richard Kadrey.
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Okay, this book was ridiculously fun. My ratings are really just that, marking how much I enjoyed stuff, so yeah. No, this book was not absolutely brilliantly written, I just picked it up at the right time, I guess. Also, funny enough, I seem to really like funny books in connection with Biblical stuff. I'm a filthy unbeliever, but shit, I do appreciate when people have lighthearted humour in connection with stuff like religion. I don't think it means disrespect, but the world has humour. That is just how I feel about it, so yeah, if you are sensitive about religious themes, this is probably not a book for you. You've been warned. Qapsiel, an angel with a ridiculous name got sent to Earth to take this little box that can nuke humanity to shit. Ya know, we probably deserved it. This angel is a bit of a moron, though, which celestial beings have the right to be, so he manages to lose the box that can eradicate human life. Not the best move. Fast forward to now, the protagonist, Coop, a magic resistant robber needs to steal this box. Then shit hits the fan even worse. We have some Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels type action with undead people, supernatural FBI, TWO separate satanic cults and basically everyone trying to get this box. The thing that sold the book to me was the humour, really. Everyone is an idiot, cults sabotage each other's bake sale, everyone has funny little lines about stuff. It's really easy to read and fun like that. Popcorn stuff. The story itself if... not particularly special or inventive or anything, but I could enjoy the book equivalent of comfort food. Not sure if it's just me being used to absurdly long fantasy series, but at this point I have a hard time getting attached to characters in stand alone novels. This wasn't even a very long one. So yeah, I wasn't too worried about the characters, the tone doesn't really sell you on there being any actual big danger, so there is that. It just felt pleasant to relax with some fun stuff after the suspenseful disgusting monster journey of [b:The Monstrumologist 7171771 The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1) Rick Yancey https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320124102s/7171771.jpg 6647553]. (I wrote a review on that one, cross promo.) Not really sure what I should say about this. I would definitely recommend it for reading in your bath or on vacation on the beach. Good giggles there, not too hard to follow the story, not even if you get distracted by bikinis and beach balls every five minutes. Richard Kadrey has surprising amounts of books on my to-read list. I don't know why his stuff intrigues me that much, but hey. This one was a pleasant enough experience to prompt me to pick up his other stuff. I guess that is a win for him. Or me. I mean I am having fun. See you at the cult bake sale, bring brownies with double hate!
