Krim Deeds is hilarious, dark, and poignant, and the science fiction elements are highly developed. You can read it as a stand-alone if you want. I haven’t read the first and second Krim books yet.
Quick disclaimer -- First, I know Maria from several other writing projects and have been beta-reading a few of her other works. So I was a fan/friend of hers already before starting this book.
Second, dark comedy is my favorite genre and Krim World is basically full of it. But I have never been a fan of mystery and the mystery elements are strong in this book.
World-building -- The tale is set about a hundred years in the future on one of the least fun grids in the metaverse, Krim. Maria’s characters call it a “basic bio world” and lament how even drinking alcohol gives you a bad hangover. There are no non-player-characters, and nobody wants to clean up. If your avatar dies, you get resurrected in the welcome lobby, but your previous corpse stays on Krim festering disgustingly until someone chucks it down the garbage chute. If you leave a corpse on someone’s property you get fined and the other players are just annoyed. The most popular tavern is called “the King’s Armpit.”
I was delighted by how the characters interacted with the world and how it affected the plot elements. very smart.
The world enhances the mystery elements too because it includes a no-nonsense explanation for why all the sleuthing must be performed by the players themselves.
Comedy -- There is comedy built in to every aspect of the story! Every time I saw the name Mills-Mills-Mills I had to laugh.
Characters -- Character motivation was strong. One of my favorite tropes within character arcs occurs, but I don’t want to spoil it...
Mystery elements -- these were kinda hard for me to keep track of. I know that in the mystery genre we often start off with a scene that gives us a bunch of suspects. I had to go back and review them a few times, finally listing out my own cast of characters with notes.
Not immersive -- There is little description of the locations or the character appearances. I have been hearing about Ellison Davo for a while now and I still have no idea what he looks like! I would have loved, at moments, to be able to feel like I am sitting with the cast in the tavern, or to feel like I could see the busy medieval streets of Krim. That didn’t happen.
Comparisons -- Maria’s work reminds me of The Flight Attendant and Russian Doll because both of those are dark comedy with mystery elements.
Odd -- I cried at the end. Not sure what that means to anyone else. Poignant, I guess?
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