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reviewed A Conventional Boy by Charles Stross (The Laundry Files, #7)

Charles Stross: A Conventional Boy (Orbit)

Meet Derek Reilly. Derek is portly, short-sighted, middle-aged, and has spent his entire adult life …

Had Promise, but Faded Away

I enjoyed the premise of the book, and it started out very entertaining. Having played D&D during the Satanic Panic, there were a lot of callbacks to that time that rang true. As the novel progressed, however, the action became vaguer and hand-wavey. By the time of the climax of the action, no tension was left in the plot. You knew everything was going to be fine, it was, and ... what a letdown.