So the thing is, I love Charles Stross' books. Been with him through all of the laundry series, love all of it, novellas, all of it. Supremely talented author with a great voice and a firm grasp on the genre. However, at a couple different points in the book,(up until I put it down) it got to be really excessively graphic. I'm not squeamish, and definitely not one for censorship, but yeah. Just maybe tone it down a touch, Stross? I've been looking forward to the newest book in the series for a year or more and when it's basically just murder-porn, it turns into a huge bummer. Couldn't get through it, sad to say.

Best book of the series by far. Case Nightmare Red finally happens. In Yorkshire.

I've been a fan of the Laundry series since the beginning. The Nightmare Stacks is a worthy addition to the series. I just hope the next book will take up where this left off, and that the next won't take over a year to bring out.