Brilliant - Rated 
Brilliant story - only read this last year but am already almost finishing off the next book - Devil in Amber - and can't wait for the next due out in November.
Great stuff!!!
What a mix! - Rated 
This book comes across to me as a cross between, James Bond, Austin Powers with a mix of PG Wodehouse (although set slightly before his era of writing).
It is humourous in parts, rotten and delightful in others, and very macabre in it's way of dealing with the low life of the era. (Edwardian) I was expecting more than I got with this book, it got rather full of characters at times, and took some thought in who they all were and what their role was. The thread of the book was fast paced with a couple of little off shoots, Christopher Miracle's problems, the role of Bella but they all got nicely tied up in the end. (Something that not all books do) Lucifer Box, the main character was rather decadent in his behaviour and with some loose morals was able to infiltrate some of the more lower as well as higher elements of society. Good will always overcome evil in these stories and there was something reassuring about this as the story gathered pace towards the end.
The set out of each chapter, started to read more like a newspaper and the added pictures was merely odd in my opinion. An interesting read, something I wouldn't have picked up before but probably not an author I would pick up again.
Not really my pipe of opium - Rated
"The Vesuvius Club" has a great idea in it, somewhere, and is well-written. There are some lovely one-liners and a sense of atmosphere. But the book left me ultimately unsatisfied. The story and characters never really gripped me as they should have: too many characters (albeit with cracking names!) pop up and don't really seem to play much part in the plot. There seem to be rather too many loose ends and some confusion as to when exactly in history the story takes place (I kept on thinking late 1880s/90s, the hey-day of Wilde and Beardsley, Jack the Ripper but then got a bit flummoxed by mention of "motor cars"). And the pictures didn't grab me, either.
All in all, when it comes to Edwardian Men of Mystery, I'll stick to Adam Adamant!
Divinely decadent, darling! - Rated
Once in a very rare while you may be lucky enough to discover a book so beguiling that you instantly want to introduce it to all your friends. This is one such book. I admit that as a devotee of the works of Wilde, Beardsley et al. my chances of withstanding the charms of the captivating Lucifer Box were slim indeed. Seduced initially by the gorgeous artwork and the promise of decadent delights within, this divine confection by the talented Mr Gatiss held me in thrall from first to last. Send your valet out for a copy, recline carelessly (but elegantly) on your divan and immerse yourself in the thrilling adventures of Edwardian England's International Man of Mystery. You won't be disappointed.
Laugh? I nearly threw it in the bin - Rated 
Why was I expecting this to be funny? Well, mainly because the other reviews hinted that it would be. But I found the whole thing an annoying mix of cliche and fairly lame attempts to shock. "Boring" would be a good summary.
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