This is absolutely a nostalgia rating. Of all the Myth Adventures books, I think this is the one I remember the best, and overall it actually held up not badly compared to what I remember. I have absolutely no idea why Skeeve has any interest in Luanna or why we as readers should have any investment in that, but whatever. One more female character painted as either a sex object or a sexual predator.

Хорошая подростковая книжка - не сложный но и не примитивный сюжет, юмор, краткий формат. Автору вполне удается поддерживать неплохой уровень в всех книгах серии.

While still enjoyable, I did not love this book as much as the rest of the series. Skeeve’s naive love-sick nature was annoying. And Aahz heading off on his own and trying to decide what’s best for him rubbed me the wrong way. Up until now they have worked together against anything they’ve come up against, and all of a sudden it’s different?

So, it was that time once again to read another Myth book. This time #5. Was it good? I mean, they've all been pretty good so far, but this definitely wasn't the best one.

Short version, Skeeve and Aahz find a door in the back of their shop that leads to a vampire world. Some people who owe money escape into it and Aahz goes after them but gets framed for murder and Skeeve has to save him.

This is your basic premise.

As the series has progressed they've been adding more and more characters into the mix. while in the first 2 books it was really just Aahz and Skeeve, now it's Aahz, Skeeve, skeeve's apprentice, his bodyguard, troll, and female troll. The core cast is adding up quite a bit. Despite the books being so short the author actually manages to give everybody near equal screentime which is actually pretty impressive.

The story itself was fine. Nothing earth shattering, just another "save someone as they're in over their head" situation. Skeeve was a LITTLE intolerable this book as he seems to be getting a little big for his britches now that he has an apprentice and a bodyguard to boss around, but i'm assuming as the series progresses he'll get taken down a peg (as this seems to be the way the series is written)

This one, like the others, is a VERY quick read (~170 pages) and you get can it done in like 2-3 sittings. It continues to be a good brain scrub between longer books as it doesn't overstay its welcome, nor does it bog you down with descriptions. it's there to tell a fun, short story and then leave you with a fun, non-violent feeling.

I really want to give this a 3.5, but i can't, and i didn't enjoy it as much as 1-3, so i'm going to give a 3. but really, it deserves a 3.5.

It's cute, fine, but nothing AMAZING. it's worth the $1 i spent at a half price books, that's for sure.

I also am very interested to continue on to book 6, ESPECIALLY since they're so short.

3.5 out of 5, rounded down to a 3.

Just as funny as they were 15 years ago.

That's from my notes when I read this one

I read the first books when I was around 12 so I was probably 27 when I read this one. I'm 45 now and my son read the entire series before he passed away in a car accident. I was cleaning his room and putting books away when I realized I hadn't listed this series as "read" on Goodreads. Thinking about finishing the series as a way of "communing" with his memory.

Sorry if that makes you sad. Read the book, it will cheer you up.

I liked the cover art far more than the actual story. Not Aspirin's best.

In this book Skeeve and his friends visit Limbo to find some fugitives and rescue Aahz from prison.
A pleasure insight into a dimension where vampires are at home and humans the monsters.

Robert Asprin is always good to relax with for some down time. I needed a little fun and some humor and got it.
Some folks running a con in the Bazaar at Deva use Skeeve's tent to escape from the authorities who tell he and Aahz that they are responsible for the money owed by the con artists (not very good ones since they got caught). Aahz is not one to let go of money, so he goes after them to bring them back after knocking Skeeve out. Then Skeeve learns he needs to go to the rescue. And the situation goes round from there.

5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish

The One About the Vampires

Of all the Myth Adventures books I remember, Myth-ing Persons was the biggie. Not only did it feature Aahz and Skeeve and the rest of the crew, but it featured vampires! The horror nut that I was, I was all over this one.

I remember more details about this book than I do the others, save for Another Fine Myth. I remember how the bazaar used other dimensions to save space in Deva; I remember how the I remember how Skeeve rescued Aahz from the living stone cell; I remember how the vampires first reacted to Skeeve and the rest of the gang. There were some other fun things I either didn't remember or didn't realize when I was reading (Drahcir and Idnew, for example), but for the most part this was a re-read to remember all the great stuff from the story.

One thing that's stuck with me as I've been reading these books is how Asprin portrays Massha. She's strong, independent, and her own person, but how he portrays her as a fat woman in the story concerns me. She's aware of it, but the way Asprin has Skeeve think about her doesn't sit well with me. Clearly there's judgment going on as he evaluates her as an apprentice and a person, due to her weight, and he mostly overlooks her as a woman entirely because of it. The person she is aside from her weight shines through, enough that Asprin avoids stereotypes, and she doesn't come across as simply the token fat woman. It's troubling, but not enough to dismiss the entire series out of hand because of it.

Regardless, the story is entertaining, and brings back a lot of fond memories. I understand that these books may not hold up as well as I progress further into the series, but then again, that's true of most series that don't run as long as this one does. It's impossible for me to separate the story from my nostalgia, but I'm still having a lot of fun with these books.