Most of the truly horrible things that befall the characters are not shown, but rather just mentioned briefly which makes it easier to stomach and most serve the story or development of the characters in some fashion. However, if you keep in mind this is fiction or you are open to different interpretations you should have no problem. Stark says and does some very bad things related to religion and God in particular that some devout may have an extreme dislike with.
If you have delicate feelings about Christendom I'd stay away from Sandman Slim, but if you don't mind Kadrey's sometimes tawdry hand doing awful things to angels than this just may be the one for you. If Stark met Dresden in a dark alley he would probably kicked Dresden in the balls for being such a Goody two-shoes before he knew what was going on.Īs with Kadrey's Butcher Bird, Sandman Slim plays with religious mythology in some standard ways, but also takes it places most other authors wouldn't dare.
But Stark is not a detective so don't mistake this for a Dresden Files knock-off. He has been burned, beaten, befouled, disembowel, and trained as the most fear fighter in Hell for the past 10 years and now he escaped and is back for revenge on those who killed his girlfriend and sent him to Hell. Used and abused by Hell and ignored by Heaven, Stark is a native of LA with the mentality of a demon. Kadrey has concocted the epitome of anti-heroes with Stark who is kind of a mystical Charles Bronson with some very cool powers and weapons. Sandman Slim is the most unforgiving Urban Fantasy I've ever read with deep underpinnings of a hardboiled crime noir and sometimes biting humor. REVIEW | Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey.Mishmash | New Superhero Themed Anthology & Other.Contest Winner of The Light of Burning Shadows.Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy Movie Option.REVIEW | The Prodigal Mage by Karen Miller (Orbit).Winner of JC De La Torre's Rise of the Ancients.AUTHOR INTERVIEW | Karen Miller author of The Prod.Cover Unveiled for Jim Butcher's Changes (Dresden 12).Winner of Chris Evans's A Darkness Forged in Fire.AUTHOR INTERVIEW | Lev Grossman author of The Magi.MINI-REVIEW | Un Lun Dun by China Miéville (Del Rey).REVIEW | Paper Cities Edited by Ekaterina Sedia.OPINION | Science Fiction Where Have You Gone?.Some Love for The Martian Chronicles: The Complete.Book Cover Brawl | Scalzi, Thurman, and Bacigalupi.
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