{"id":3190,"date":"2012-10-04T20:02:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T00:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2021-05-31T07:36:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T11:36:03","slug":"aloha-from-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3190","title":{"rendered":"Aloha from Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/em>Aloha from Hell<\/a><\/em> (2011) Richard Kadrey<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>James Stark–better known in Hell as Sandman Slim–enjoys not being in Hell. He enjoys not having to fight for his life, or assassinate other Hellions on the orders of the Hellion who owned him.<\/p>\n

He’s gotten revenge on most of the people who sent him to Hell and murdered his girlfriend. He worked things out with Lucifer. He’s dealt with the magical Inquisition (mostly). He’s mostly quit trying to drink himself insensible.<\/p>\n

He also remains a complete bastard.<\/p>\n

A snarky bastard.<\/p>\n

“Hi. I’m a young college student trying to earn extra money selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door. Would you be interested in a ten- to twenty-year subscription to Possession with Intent to Sell<\/em> and its sister publication, I’m going to Burn Your House Down While You’re Asleep in Bed Tonight<\/em>?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is why I enjoy reading about him.<\/p>\n

(Yes, Hell has stores and bars. It might be Hell, but it’s better than a dry county in Mississippi.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The story arc in this book is complete. There is a sequel, but I’m not sure I’m in any hurry to read it.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Harper Collins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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He’s gotten revenge on most of the people who sent him to Hell and murdered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,2,291,16],"tags":[154],"class_list":["post-3190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-fantasy","category-paper","category-supernatural","tag-richard-kadrey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-Ps","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1726,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1726","url_meta":{"origin":3190,"position":0},"title":"Butcher Bird","author":"Michelle","date":"May 31, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Butcher Bird (2007) Richard Kadrey Spyder lives just on the edge of being a deviant. 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