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Re: He was annoying. Extremely so. Camilla Send a noteboard - 14/04/2011 10:09:08 PM
I rather liked him. What was wrong with him?

His obsession with that black guy whose name I can't remember, fawning over him, generally ignoring or sabotaging everyone else - it wasn't really much fun to read about, and some parts of the book seem to deal with little else for long stretches at a time.


My favourite quote comes from one of those parts:

When he awoke it was dawn. Or something like dawn. The light was watery, dim, and incomparably sad. Vast, grey, gloomy hills rose up all around them and in between the hills there was a wide expanse of black bog. Stephen had never seen a landscape so calculated to reduce the onlooker to utter despair in an instant.

"This is one of your kingdoms, I suppose, sir?" he said.

"My kingdoms?" exclaimed the gentleman in surprize. "Oh, no! This is Scotland!"


But I see what you mean. I think part of the reason I remember it so fondly is that I have forgotten anything that annoyed me.
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Already read it. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:34:05 PM 1393 Views
Re: Already read it. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:37:46 PM 1512 Views
I'll be honest; I'm looking for mind candy. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:40:54 PM 750 Views
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Haven't read Wodehouse. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:48:51 PM 909 Views
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Jasper Fforde is a good shout. *NM* Rebekah - 12/04/2011 06:58:46 PM 859 Views
I thought all my shouts were good! *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:32 PM 855 Views
Also Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:13 PM 1349 Views
WHICH book? *NM* Aeryn - 12/04/2011 04:22:29 PM 811 Views
Well, you've read it, but it's huge spoilers for people who haven't! Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:38:08 PM 1584 Views
I don't know, dude... rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:23:35 AM 1426 Views
From how long away did you see it coming? Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 03:44:06 AM 1388 Views
Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 05:29:55 AM 1508 Views
Re: Hmm. Darth_Katie - 15/04/2011 06:59:13 AM 1437 Views
Re: Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 07:59:52 PM 1390 Views
I seem to remember Modesitt's Towers of the Sunset had a romance element and a happy ending. *NM* PhotoJim - 12/04/2011 05:23:39 PM 803 Views
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 12/04/2011 07:02:39 PM 1473 Views
Or Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, perhaps? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:11:30 PM 1450 Views
I was gonna suggest JS & MN as well. And Christie generally cheers me up as well, true. *NM* Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:20:44 PM 861 Views
While not a bad read I don't even know what feeling that book caused in me ironclad - 12/04/2011 07:47:08 PM 1486 Views
Really? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:48:29 PM 1475 Views
It made me want to be a British gentleman in the 1800s A Deathwatch Guard - 13/04/2011 03:11:33 AM 1556 Views
woops miss-post *NM* Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:23:43 PM 872 Views
I don't really count that as a happy ending, myself... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:03:53 AM 1525 Views
You know, I do not remember how it ends... Camilla - 14/04/2011 02:10:45 PM 1312 Views
The ending is admittedly disappointing. Legolas - 14/04/2011 07:53:29 PM 1389 Views
Agreed. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 08:01:10 PM 794 Views
Re: The ending is admittedly disappointing. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:00:52 PM 1706 Views
He was annoying. Extremely so. Legolas - 14/04/2011 10:06:16 PM 1622 Views
Re: He was annoying. Extremely so. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:09:08 PM 1514 Views
I thought that's what made him a good villian Darth_Katie - 14/04/2011 10:59:38 PM 1499 Views
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Room is great, but hardly qualifies as mind candy if you ask me... Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:23:10 PM 1547 Views
Ghavrel doesn't ask for mind candy in his original post. Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:40:23 PM 1516 Views
This is true. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 08:27:25 PM 1525 Views
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Yes, well... Legolas - 12/04/2011 08:26:43 PM 1545 Views
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Um, no. rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:25:01 AM 1417 Views
Oh, but I did! Novo - 15/04/2011 08:21:26 AM 1544 Views
I don't honestly know. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 08:02:08 PM 1486 Views
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Beat you to it. *NM* Camilla - 13/04/2011 11:22:55 AM 745 Views
Dragon Prince trilogy Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:25:14 PM 1396 Views
Some of my favorite books, but you're spot on with your caution about Dragon Star. *spoilers* Aemon - 14/04/2011 06:12:16 PM 1826 Views
Re: Some of my favorite books, but you're spot on with your caution about Dragon Star. *spoilers* Myrdhyn - 14/04/2011 06:36:39 PM 1440 Views
A Storm of Swords? It ends with a wedding.... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:05:01 AM 1516 Views
You're a terrible person. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 07:03:45 PM 717 Views
Best. wedding. ever. *NM* ironclad - 14/04/2011 08:29:33 PM 785 Views
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