The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell

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Summary: Rubbish
Review: The Stainless Steel Rat Goes To Hell - in a hand basket. The story you are about to read is trite, only the names have been kept to hoodwink the innocent. Where is the cleverness? Where is the humour? I have avidly followed 'The Rat' from the beginning and this is not the rat I have come to enjoy so much. I looked hard to make sure this was actually a Harrison, because it reads like a cheap copy. This is definitely a low point. I console myself that anything he writes from now on can only be better

Rating:
Summary: Rubbish
Review: The Stainless Steel Rat Goes To Hell - in a hand basket. The story you are about to read is trite, only the names have been kept to hoodwink the innocent. Where is the cleverness? Where is the humour? I have avidly followed 'The Rat' from the beginning and this is not the rat I have come to enjoy so much. I looked hard to make sure this was actually a Harrison, because it reads like a cheap copy. This is definitely a low point. I console myself that anything he writes from now on can only be better

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Summary: The worst Rat
Review: The Stainless Steel Rat series has hit rock bottom. I will probably never read another Harrison book after this stinker. I love all the other books, especially the first four, but this one really put me off. Where are the Jim's daring escapes and mind-boggling cons? This book was one of the worst books I have read in the last five years.

Rating:
Summary: Painfully Mediocre
Review: There is very little in the world worse than watching a favorite author write well below his potential. The four previous Stainless Steel Rat books I had read were all full of acerbic wit, tight action, and amazing (yet credible) escapes. This one is lacking in nearly every category. With every page, I was desperately hoping that Harrison would break out and regain his form. Alas, it was not to be.

Rating:
Summary: Painfully Mediocre
Review: There is very little in the world worse than watching a favorite author write well below his potential. The four previous Stainless Steel Rat books I had read were all full of acerbic wit, tight action, and amazing (yet credible) escapes. This one is lacking in nearly every category. With every page, I was desperately hoping that Harrison would break out and regain his form. Alas, it was not to be.

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Summary: The tanking of the series
Review: This book is what I consider the terminal end to the series. I've been a die-hard fan of Slippery Jim for around... two decades (and I'm only 26). This book, however, is a phenominal whiffle of bunk. I can't believe that the series has become this corny. It's terribly insulting that Mr. Harrison would do this to one of my most beloved literary memories. Not that I want to give away any spoilers, but I have one word for those of us that have already read the book... SAUSAGES!
So lets say that you don't believe me. Just have a look at the cover. That pretty much sums up the feel of this book. Corny. It made me irate for days.
I'd still like to recommend the first 7-8 books in the series to you folks, though.

Rating:
Summary: Unfortuneately "no stars" wasn't a choice, so it gets 1.
Review: When I happened onto the Sci-Fi section of my local bookstore and saw a new "Stainless Steel Rat" title I couldn't wait to get it home and tear into it. That feeling soon wore off as I found that my beloved Jim DiGriz had been turned into a docile, wimpy version of his past self. Not only were the characters lacking their ususal spark and vibrance the story itself was completely BORING (it put me to sleep on numerous occasions) as it was totally unbelieveable compared to the excellence shown in past "Rat" books. Save yourself the heartache I've endured by seeing a great character go down the tubes and DON"T read this book.