Review: Rust on, Gibs!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2012
I agree with another reviewer of this book that it's too short. But that's my only complaint about it and it's a weak one, since these novellas are so reasonably priced. You could easily spend 3 bucks on a much worse read.I was pleasantly surprised to see that Dirty Jobs (#2) is the equal of Wrecked (#1) with no change in the writing style. Same punchy dialog, same good plotting, same good characterization. Black even manages to give some of his automatons a bit of personality.I was also pleased to see that most of the grammatical faux pas that piqued me in Wrecked were missing in Dirty Jobs.All around, this book and its predecessor have established some interesting characters in an interesting setting and I'm eager to read more about them.(Full disclosure: I know the author's father and he told me about this book. But I don't know the author himself. You'll have to settle for my assurance that this is an impartial review.)