Each of the Mercury books seems more mad than the last. I probably would have been better off if I'd read this right after the last one because I kept thinking "eh? what?"Even so, the writing is brilliant and it was worth its cover price for the Genesis and Roger Daltry jokes.I've now bought the fourth book, and the prequel, and I won't be waiting too long before I will be reviewing those.Oh and - in the absence of The Wonder That Was Douglas Adams, these are a very very good substitute. 5 StarsWow, what an awesome conclusion to the Mercury Trilogy. Robert Kroese made the pieces of the obvious and for gone conclusion come together in such a way that will leave you laughing out loud. There are countless one liners and funny situations that will leave you wanting more.I enjoyed all three novels but found that the more I read about Mercury, Christine, Eddie, Lucifer…and more, the more I began to appreciate what I had already read. This is a satire Urban Fantasy series that is incredibly funny. Our main hero is a rogue angel named Mercury who is by his nature a real pain in the ass. He has a real soft spot for humanity, and lives to be the wrench in the machine. A cool fact about him is that he loves ping pong as do other characters in this series (I am obsessed with table tennis!) This book takes deep philosophical subjects, pokes fun at them, tears them up, and maybe even puts them back together again. You can definitely get a lot out of the themes from this series, or you can simply enjoy the ride:““I don’t think there’s any such thing as supernatural forces,” answered Jacob. “More precisely, I don’t think supernatural is a useful term. When you say something is supernatural, what you’re really saying is that it’s unnatural, which is a negative definition. It’s basically saying that there is a class of phenomena that we understand, which we callnatural phenomena, and then there’s a class of stuff that we don’t understand, which we call supernatural. So when you say something is supernatural, all you’re really saying is that you don’t understand it. And that’s not a property of the phenomenon; it’s a property of the observer of the phenomenon. In other words, a television set would be supernatural to a Neanderthal, because television falls outside of the Neanderthal’s understanding of what is natural. “A hilarious scene unfolds at the end of this book and Mercury has to explain how stupid people can be in their disbelief:““Satan? The devil himself? Yep.”“Bullshit,” said one of the men.“You’re right,” said Mercury. “He’s not the devil. He’s just some random guy delivering American-made nuclear weapons to other dimensions. And you’re helping him because that’s just the kind of unquestioning dumbfuck you are. Feel better now?””The ending of this novel uses the unique aspect of the book regarding, time, alternate planes of reality, and alternate dimensions, to pull all the strings together in way that would be impossible without these aspects. I was laughing out loud and rereading things out loud that I found to be so damn clever, and funny. I have to give credit to Kroese, he really made it all work out. I was waiting for the end scene where two old men(maybe Jesus and God), where Jesus would open up his wallet and pay off $1 to God . I loved this book and will definitely reread this series. More importantly, I want to tell all of you that enjoy a good satire in the vein of Terry Pratchett that you need to read these books….My highest recommendations…
What do You think about Mercury Rests (2012)?
If you are to enjoy the quirky humor you have to read the first two in the series. I quite like it.
—dan
Loved it, this is the last in a trilogy and I hope the author decides to write more.
—denissaraluca
A satisfying conclusion to the series. I'll miss Mercury and his antics.
—Gracer1231
