Last Supper Before Ragnorak is more traditional than the earlier installments, and it took me a couple chapters to wrap my head around that.  Once I did, I was able to thoroughly enjoy it.  Like the second installment, there are fewer Malaysian Chinese gods and more all the other gods.  I do sort of miss the original setting since Asian-influences urban fantasy is rarer than multi-pantheons (at least when it comes to books written in English), but I really, REALLY liked the cast of characters fo...

New gods are appearing to replace those big dick father gods of past ages. The most nightmarish of the bunch are the gods that have evolved from the darker parts of the internet, a concept that could prevent you from a good nights sleep. Rupert and friends are tasked with a quest for a final confrontation. I recommend reading the prior books first. A fun, bizarre read.

I'm mildly annoyed to see that this is the third book in a series. There's certainly nothing on either the front or the back covers to indicate this. Yes, the Goodreads description mentions it, but I’m not in the habit of looking up books on Goodreads before deciding whether or not to read them. It would just slow me down.So the end of the world is imminent, as you’d guess from the title. The only folks who stand a chance of stopping it are a ragtag band consisting of Rupert--a chef who’d just r...

I didn't realize this was the third in a series when I picked it up and I didn't really feel like I missed anything by skipping the first two. Over two-thirds of the book was really set-up and when the climax happened... well, I'm not entirely sure what happened but it all got resolved.The writing was compelling and I never thought about putting it down, but there was a lot of exposition and wandering discussions that occurred throughout. Overall, I enjoyed the characters and the writing, but I'...

As always with Khaw some great characters, humour and points of view but as this was the finale of a wider series I’m not familiar with plus the main plot never really got going I didn’t think wholly successful Full review - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/ch...

This novel sits comfortably within the ambit of urban fantasy, but with an ironic irreverence that gives it a fresh feel. Narrator Rupert Wong has fought many battles against the forces of darkness, and the number of times he's been brought back from the dead suggests the fight he wages now won't be an easy one unless he's ready to raise the bar. I enjoyed it very much. A sassy tone pervaded its pages, and the humour was deftly handled. To read my review in full head over to the British Fantasy

Rupert and some other heroes get together to to stop the world being taken over by bad new gods. Less showdown and more road trip than I expected. Also, I found it just a bit confusing. But it was quite enjoyable anyways.

I have read all the Gods and Monsters books and loved them. Snake Eyes is one of my top five favorite books period. I was both excited and a bit nervous when I found out about this. I love poor Rupert, but I was afraid of the blending of characters since each of the authors have such different voices. I should have trusted more. This book is the perfect ending (though I will miss this world so much). The characters ring true and there is even Coyote. I wish we had gotten more Bee though. A toddl...

Delicious.High-stakes urban fantasy (old gods! new gods! nameless horrors!) with lots of tension and gore told by a narrator with a wiseass sense of humor and a fairly pragmatic attitude (all things considered). It sticks the landing, too, which is good, since this is definitively the end of Rupert Wong's story.

Rupert Wong: Noun. Complex name for long suffering given mortal shape.This book is an awesome journey. We do battle, sort of, with a dragon god while desperately trying to get the last of some awesome food down our gullet, are sought out by the internet (she goes by Amanda), deal with customs officers in unconventional ways, get eaten, officiate a short notice but lovely lesbian wedding, bump into some old favourites of the big league pantheons and bear witness to a humiliation that results in s...

Plot holes. cason was spelled carson at one point. I did not believe rupert was chinese. Nothing really indicated it besides his talk about food. The "climax" was boring and predictable. Swing and a miss from me I'm afraid.

Kind of like American Gods, but told from the "new gods" side.This is an interesting sequel to Food of the Gods, but I did have some issues with how it seemed to skip certain pertinent details and dialogues. The events that are described seemed to be incomplete. I know that it is supposed to be like a diary retold by the physical representation of the Internet, but I think the internet needs to learn that details would help make the story a bit better.In this book, we follow Rupert and a motley

This is the kind of story that I've seen a lot of writers attempt, but so many fail with. To include anything of the internet and the modern age without having those elements override your own style takes an amazing writer and Cassandra Khaw has proven herself to be that again and again. The Rupert Wong series is a roller-coaster of smart writing, deep world building, but with a sharp focus on characters and pacing that let's the story flow over you, never leaving you confused or bewildered abou...

Compared to the first two books in the Rupert Wong series, this book is lacking. In the first two, he was clearly the protagonist, out of his depth but cobbling together a solution between page turning action. In this book, he's a side character despite it being from his point of view. Too much page time is devoted to other characters in this "rag-tag band off to save the world". Not to mention the complete 180 from book 2 (where Rupert cares most about self-preservation) to his sudden willingne...

I've told friends that if I read American Gods now, I wouldn't enjoy it as much as I did when I read it at 19. This book hits the sweet spot that Gaiman once did, except it's fresh and a lot more funny.

Tremendous conclusion to the story of Rupert Wong, cannibal chef and reluctant immortal (dies a lot but can't stay dead). It's exceedingly gory, highly eschatological, with a lot to say about the internet, climate disaster, extinction, and our slide to the end. But, with hope! Which makes a nice change.The writing is turned up to 11 while the plot whips along (a rare and precious combo) and it's a fantastic ride. The whole series is a boon.

Dare I say quite average?!? I absolutely loved the first and second ‘Rupert Wong’ books and I am at a loss as to what happened here as the Wong Trilogy and Gods & Monsters Pentalogy comes to its completion, pending prequels or re-boots. I felt Khaw’s attempts to tackle/incorporate so many real-world social issues into what was - at least in the first two entries - a gore/eros/Cthulhu/demon/deity funfest just ran out of space and time. Pun intended, as always. Khaw’s writing is visceral and expan...

What a lovely conclusion to the trilogy! The writing is spectacular, expanded cast of characters makes the world more lived in, and Rupert is just as hilarious and charismatic as always.And although I loved all of them I think this one’s my favorite, since it both has timely ruminations on our inevitable end as a species AND a happy end.

I first became aware of Cassandra Khaw and her novel The Last Supper Before Ragnarok on Twitter, where folks whose opinion I respect, many of them authors, raved about it. Turns out they were absolutely right!One thing, though, right off the bat. Reading this novel was a sometimes disorienting experience for me. I felt like I was dropped into the middle of the story, and there were things I had to puzzle out, connections I had to make, character motivations I had to work to understand. As it tur...

I think I would have liked this one better as a novella. It started out as an amusing black comedy but the witty repartee between the troubled reluctant heroes wore thin after awhile without enough (for me) substance to keep it going. It was also very graphically violent so there was a lot I skimmed over rather quickly. I felt like I was missing a lot of the back story that presumably can be found in other stories about Rupert Wong but I didn't come away interested enough to look them up. I did