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Book Reviews of Sixty-One Nails (Courts of the Feyre, Bk 1)

Sixty-One Nails (Courts of the Feyre, Bk 1)
SixtyOne Nails - Courts of the Feyre, Bk 1
Author: Mike Shevdon
ISBN-13: 9780857660282
ISBN-10: 0857660284
Publication Date: 8/31/2010
Pages: 528
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: Angry Robot
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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reviewed Sixty-One Nails (Courts of the Feyre, Bk 1) on + 77 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I just couldn't get into this book. I read the first hundred pages, but found the two main characters too unlikeable to continue. Rabbit is very bland. He doesn't seem to have any personality or a backbone, letting his ex-wife and Blackbird, the other main character walk all over him while he meekly does whatever they tell him to. Blackbird runs hot and cold, occasionally being helpful to Rabbit, but mostly making it clear that she doesn't like him and doesn't appreciate that she has to help him become familiar with the world that he's living in because of her actions. She is constantly freaking out at him when he asks questions that she considers insulting, but then never explains anything to him - how is he to know that something is insulting unless she explains things?
kimberlyrav avatar reviewed Sixty-One Nails (Courts of the Feyre, Bk 1) on + 417 more book reviews
This book has been compared to Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I myself did not see any comparison at all. I did not like Neverwhere, it was a nightmare, totally dis-jointed.
This book, "Sixty-One Nails" was a page turner and totally kept my attention. I really enjoyed this fantasy. It had the perfect mix of description and conversation. Too much description and atmosphere turns me completely off. I found this book perfect in the way it was written.
A regular every day human has a heart attack on the tube in London one day. He wakes up to his whole world turned upside down. Its akin to the Wizard of Oz. Basically it is up to this man, who finds he is part Fae to restore the balance between the Fey and Human world. I thought it was unique in its telling.
There is a part 2 and I shall deff read it.
Bossmare avatar reviewed Sixty-One Nails (Courts of the Feyre, Bk 1) on + 306 more book reviews
There is a secret war growing beneath the streets of London. A dark magic will be unleashed by the Untainted. Unless a new hero can be found.

Good Urban fantasy.