This is the first book I have read by Robert Asprin, and from the looks of the other review perhaps I should have started at the beginning of the series. It was ok, but it was mostly atmospherics- not much actually happened in the book. Unlike some of my favourite authors I didn't really see many deeper themes explored in this, but that may also be because I started in the middle. One or two of the characters seem reasonably amusing - such as the juxtaposition of characteristics in the narrator 'Guido' - but overall this was nothing to get too excited about. ( )

The saga continues actually overlapping the last book but with different characters. I was probably smiling a lot when I read this but I don't think I laughed out loud once. That's bad for a book I would put in the category of comic or funny fantasy. But it was still fairly entertaining. It is interesting how Asprin decided to write some books with Skeeve and and some without but I think it's the combination of Skeeve and the other characters that makes his books good/funny. I did like this one better than the last book. ( )