Short-form book reviews
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charameiBecause there are several of them and it's either sum up The End of Mr Y and Frostbitten in a few sentences or write an essay on them.
Sentient badger pirates threaten a ship full of decadent Mr Tickles. Nobody can die, but the Doctor nearly manages it anyway. Martha is awesome. Guerrier doesn't know the difference between Greek and Latin phonemes and makes the Doctor look ignorant rather than educated when he passes his ignorance on. Two minutes with a dictionary would have solved this. Book is awesome and Time is wibbly-wobbly.
Ozma, who has no respect for Aunt Em's poor heart, magically manipulates Dorothy into getting lost so she'll end up in Oz for Ozma's birthday. The Shaggy Man learns a couple of lessons about Real vs False Love. Father Christmas sends everyone home in a bubble, except Dorothy, who's far too sensible for air travel.
An incredibly impressionable, stupid, self-absorbed woman follows some instructions she finds in a book clearly marked as fiction and goes on an exciting, if metaphysical, journey into her own subconscious and the collective subconsciousnesses of every other human being. Then she destroys it because somebody told her to and she's incapable of thinking for herself.
The Bechdel test meets Phantom of the Opera and looks at it until it stops being so silly.
Fun, engaging stories about characters I love having problems that range from marriage to murder.
Somebody wants to rape Elena. Again. Her Stu husband saves her. Again. At some point, Elena tells me that she never usually has trouble with rapists and I scoff and mutter something about 'show, don't tell'. I wonder what happened to the good Elena from Tales of the Otherworld.
The Pirate Loop (Tenth Doctor Adventures, Simon Guerrier)
Sentient badger pirates threaten a ship full of decadent Mr Tickles. Nobody can die, but the Doctor nearly manages it anyway. Martha is awesome. Guerrier doesn't know the difference between Greek and Latin phonemes and makes the Doctor look ignorant rather than educated when he passes his ignorance on. Two minutes with a dictionary would have solved this. Book is awesome and Time is wibbly-wobbly.
The Road to Oz (L. Frank Baum)
Ozma, who has no respect for Aunt Em's poor heart, magically manipulates Dorothy into getting lost so she'll end up in Oz for Ozma's birthday. The Shaggy Man learns a couple of lessons about Real vs False Love. Father Christmas sends everyone home in a bubble, except Dorothy, who's far too sensible for air travel.
The End of Mr Y (Scarlett Thomas)
An incredibly impressionable, stupid, self-absorbed woman follows some instructions she finds in a book clearly marked as fiction and goes on an exciting, if metaphysical, journey into her own subconscious and the collective subconsciousnesses of every other human being. Then she destroys it because somebody told her to and she's incapable of thinking for herself.
Maskerade (Terry Pratchett)
The Bechdel test meets Phantom of the Opera and looks at it until it stops being so silly.
Tales of the Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Fun, engaging stories about characters I love having problems that range from marriage to murder.
Frostbitten (Kelley Armstrong)
Somebody wants to rape Elena. Again. Her Stu husband saves her. Again. At some point, Elena tells me that she never usually has trouble with rapists and I scoff and mutter something about 'show, don't tell'. I wonder what happened to the good Elena from Tales of the Otherworld.