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<blockquote data-quote="RoyalBlueStuey" data-source="post: 106950"><p>I've always had them in my hand but I've had 10 Jack Aubrey books to plow through so never actually sat down with one.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You see that's why I took time out to warn you off....you'll get to the end of part one and be very intrigued, you'll get to the end of part two and think it's set up nicely and then natrually proceed to the final part and and only then discover that it's just shoddily written tripe. I could critique WHY it's tripe but I'd have to give away some of the <em>*snigger*</em> plot.</p><p></p><p>Suffice to say that it goes from a story about a sweeping, gargantuan pan-dimensional apocalypse to a story about tiny ickle people flying round on dragonflys and wheeled elephants (I kid you not) and giant anti-social geese and some of the main character develop hitherto un-mentioned super-powers, use them once and then never use them again and then it's not touched upon or explained at any stage.....the things I've mentioned there are just the minor points I haven't even got onto the gaping holes in the plot.</p><p></p><p>The final part is a load of old tosh...because of it's cool atheist anti-religious themes the Guardian reading, Radio4 listening literati have an 'emporers new clothes' thing about it.</p><p></p><p>Then again perhaps I just wanted the bear to smash more stuff.....for me the bear didn't smash nearly enough stuff.</p><p></p><p>Anyway deep breath........</p><p></p><p>i've just bought The Gunslinger by Stephen King...the first part of the Dark Tower series. Anyone give me a thumbs up or thumbs down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoyalBlueStuey, post: 106950"] I've always had them in my hand but I've had 10 Jack Aubrey books to plow through so never actually sat down with one. You see that's why I took time out to warn you off....you'll get to the end of part one and be very intrigued, you'll get to the end of part two and think it's set up nicely and then natrually proceed to the final part and and only then discover that it's just shoddily written tripe. I could critique WHY it's tripe but I'd have to give away some of the [i]*snigger*[/i] plot. Suffice to say that it goes from a story about a sweeping, gargantuan pan-dimensional apocalypse to a story about tiny ickle people flying round on dragonflys and wheeled elephants (I kid you not) and giant anti-social geese and some of the main character develop hitherto un-mentioned super-powers, use them once and then never use them again and then it's not touched upon or explained at any stage.....the things I've mentioned there are just the minor points I haven't even got onto the gaping holes in the plot. The final part is a load of old tosh...because of it's cool atheist anti-religious themes the Guardian reading, Radio4 listening literati have an 'emporers new clothes' thing about it. Then again perhaps I just wanted the bear to smash more stuff.....for me the bear didn't smash nearly enough stuff. Anyway deep breath........ i've just bought The Gunslinger by Stephen King...the first part of the Dark Tower series. Anyone give me a thumbs up or thumbs down. [/QUOTE]
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