Hell to Pay (Nightside, #7) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Feb 03, 2011 Andrew rated it really liked it

After reading my way through the first six books of the series and read to what really represented the culmination of one of the main story lines its fun to read a book from the series which is more concerned with the storyline at hand and not the bigger picture (although there are still plenty of references of what happened before and hints of what there is still to come).

Also I think Simon Green felt that after all those books he didn't need to spend so long describing both the characters and ...more

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Jan 15, 2008 Joshua rated it liked it

Shelves: sci-fi-and-fantasy

Book 7. This is a throwback to the very first book and Mr. Green keeps things simple in this one. Probably because after reading the epicness in the last few books, this one feels a bit of a let-down. Not to say this is a terrible story, but it is by far the weakest in the series. I was hesitant to read this one because at the time, this was the last book released in the Nightside series. However, Mr. Green has just released a new Nightside book so I didn't have long to worry. This is a simple d ...more

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Dec 13, 2007 Kati rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, in-czech, 2007

This is the first time that I give one of Green's "Nightside" books 4 stars. And why? Because this one actually made me cry. Usually, Green's books don't affect me much because he doesn't delve deep into his characters' emotions; death, dismemberment and pain are a part of the world of Nightside and nobody is touched by them. But in this book, he created an amazing character by the name Paul/Polly and even though this character didn't receive much space, his death still made me cry. And that's a ...more

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May 11, 2012 Bryan457 rated it liked it

Shelves: crime-mystery-detective, urban-fantasy, immortals, superhuman

John takes a case that gets us into the intricate details of the immortal Griffin family.

Loved the scene in the parking lot with all the sentient cars.

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