Please see Amy's 2 posts above for a very coherent write-up of pretty much exactly precisely how I felt about The Fitzosbornes at War, but couldn't quite verbalize.
Spike: Taking up smoking, are you? Harmony: I am a villain, Spike. Hello!
Spike/Harm ,'Help'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
EpicTangent - Jul 08, 2013 9:18:10 am PDT #21008 of 28370
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Amy - Jul 08, 2013 9:52:05 am PDT #21009 of 28370
Because books.
Kat - Jul 08, 2013 4:16:51 pm PDT #21010 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Have any of you read Hangman's Daughter? I finished it yesterday -- 16th century Germany and a murder mystery. So enjoyable.
Pix - Jul 08, 2013 5:24:00 pm PDT #21011 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
I read it. Enjoyable, though I kept feeling like it had the potential to be even more so, if that makes any sense.
Polter-Cow - Jul 08, 2013 8:35:00 pm PDT #21012 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Heeeeey, le nubian, it's months later, but I just finished The Human Division, and I can totally see your criticisms, but I really liked it anyway. Scalzi's comments here do help me understand what happened regarding the lack of resolution on the mystery plot, and I do agree that the B-team becoming the A-team was the real story, but it's still a bit frustrating. I'm definitely looking forward to the sequel, though.
If you liked the writing and the world of the book, I highly recommend you read the other books in the series. I promise each one of those has a beginning, middle, and end.
Sue - Jul 09, 2013 2:57:30 am PDT #21013 of 28370
hip deep in pie
Have any of you read Hangman's Daughter? I finished it yesterday -- 16th century Germany and a murder mystery. So enjoyable.
I haven't but it was only $4 for the Kindle so...I will.
Amy - Jul 09, 2013 3:12:48 am PDT #21014 of 28370
Because books.
Ooh, is it still? I'd been thinking of reading it, too.
Sue - Jul 09, 2013 3:19:52 am PDT #21015 of 28370
hip deep in pie
Well, I go through Canadian Amazon, but prices are usually the same.
Gris - Jul 09, 2013 3:34:56 am PDT #21016 of 28370
Hey. New board.
I read it too. I was very into it while reading and then I was done. No real interest in the other stories in the universe but I couldn't explain why. It was certainly a good read.
Amy - Jul 09, 2013 3:43:48 am PDT #21017 of 28370
Because books.
That happened to me with The Strain. I loved the first book as I was reading it, but once I was done, I had no real urge to read the next two.