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The Smile of a Ghost, by Phil Rickman
It seems that every *other* book in this series is acceptable but has annoying bits. This being one of the odd-numbered ones, it was smashing in every way and very hard to put down - no annoying bits at all. I love the way he works in the history without infodumping, and I love the way his characters' dialogue not only rings true to each character in general, but actually changes to reflect how the character is feeling - a simple example being someone who has trained themself up to not have much accent, but the accent slips back in when they are unpleasantly surprised. Subtle but very effective.
(91/250)
It seems that every *other* book in this series is acceptable but has annoying bits. This being one of the odd-numbered ones, it was smashing in every way and very hard to put down - no annoying bits at all. I love the way he works in the history without infodumping, and I love the way his characters' dialogue not only rings true to each character in general, but actually changes to reflect how the character is feeling - a simple example being someone who has trained themself up to not have much accent, but the accent slips back in when they are unpleasantly surprised. Subtle but very effective.
(91/250)
