Title | : | Snake Handlin' Man (Rock Band Fights Evil) |
Author | : | |
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ISBN | : | - |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
Number of Pages | : | 113 |
Publication | : | First published January 14, 2012 |
Snake Handlin' Man (Rock Band Fights Evil) Reviews
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The second in the "Rock Band Fights Evil" series started out with a bang, and non-stop action. I was a bit more used to it this time, after having read the first book (novelette?). In fact, I prefer snakes to flies. For some reason, the giant flies in the first book squicked me more than snakes do in this book. (I don't think I'm giving anything away saying this--it's called Snake Handlin' Man, after all!)
Perhaps because the books are short, I had to keep reminding myself that this book had Eddie as the protag, not Mike. There really is enough in the text to remind me--he thinks of his wife and children, he sees with the Infernal Eye--but my silly brain kept forgetting that. I love some of the awful things he sees, by the way. Poor guy!
There is one thing I wanted at the end that I didn't get. I'll leave a space here, so anyone who doesn't want spoilers (it's not much of one), can stop reading now.
SPOILER
I wanted to meet with the club manager again at the end! He seemed an interesting guy, totally with the program, figured out the whole "fairy" thing, promised to take care of Adrian. I thought with the build up at the beginning that we'd see him again, but we didn't. It left me feeling rather unsatisfied. Also, I'd rather like to see the band in action again. After all they went through, and then they had a gig . . . I wanted to see that gig! It would help keep up the "Rock Band" thing of the title. We don't actually see them as a band in this book, just as the crazy fighting unit from . . . well, against . . . Hell! -
Seriously;
Who looks at a title like "Rock Band Fights Evil" and expects layers of plot and character?
Second volumes can be a let-down, as well.
"Snake Handlin' Man" comes through on the former, and stomps all over the latter, with a music-filled, action-packed story that somehow smoothly melds guns, snakes, biblical lore, Egyptian mythology, and Southern-style tent evangelism, with angst, sacrifice, lasting love & loss, and boobs.
If you liked the first one, this second installment continues the modern rock band epic in the same vein. Though this is a complete, standalone novelette, it moves the band forward toward the series-spanning goal of making it to Chicago in hope of... Well, you'll have to read the book.
Heading over to buy the next one right now! -
This is the second installment of Rock Band Fights Evil, and for me it was a little difficult to move into the character. I really liked Mike as the focus of the first book, but it took a couple of chapters for me to really feel comfortable in Eddie's head on this round.
There is still the same amount of mayhem and shooting that goes on in the story, and there is definitely a problem for the band to solve. The snake thing even gets a little graphic, but not so much that it overwhelms the story.
Still, if you like demons from hell, guns, and blowing stuff up, read this book. -
A great episode (and it's definitely an episode) in the saga of the road-tripping rock band whose every member is damned or otherwise barred from Heaven. This time out, they run across a side-road snake cult dedicated to bringing back an antisocial Egyptian deity, and there's no choice but to get involved or else one of their number will die of snakebite.
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Snake Handlin' Man continues the ramped-up pace of the first Rock Band Fights Evil book but this time with snakes added in the mix. A caduceus that comes alive, the snake god Apep, and a snake cult in the basement of Sears make this a humorous and entertaining ride. A fair warning for my GoodReads friends: this one gets a little saucy.
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The damned band finds themselves wielding the brass serpent of Moses to stop a neo-Egyptian ritual designed to bring about the end of the world. This book reads faster than the first with the same braid of religious themes, historical mythology, and gun-toting awesomeness.