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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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The Princess Bride? *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 03:07:22 PM 972 Views
Already read it. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:34:05 PM 1543 Views
Re: Already read it. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:37:46 PM 1695 Views
I'll be honest; I'm looking for mind candy. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:40:54 PM 829 Views
The Scarlet Pimpernel? Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:44:54 PM 1530 Views
Haven't read Wodehouse. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:48:51 PM 986 Views
He is funny. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:57:34 PM 1618 Views
Jasper Fforde is a good shout. *NM* Rebekah - 12/04/2011 06:58:46 PM 934 Views
I thought all my shouts were good! *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:32 PM 935 Views
Also Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:13 PM 1547 Views
WHICH book? *NM* Aeryn - 12/04/2011 04:22:29 PM 881 Views
Well, you've read it, but it's huge spoilers for people who haven't! Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:38:08 PM 1758 Views
I don't know, dude... rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:23:35 AM 1614 Views
From how long away did you see it coming? Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 03:44:06 AM 1559 Views
Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 05:29:55 AM 1691 Views
Re: Hmm. Darth_Katie - 15/04/2011 06:59:13 AM 1625 Views
Re: Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 07:59:52 PM 1559 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 903 Views
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 12/04/2011 07:02:39 PM 1647 Views
Or Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, perhaps? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:11:30 PM 1625 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 965 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 1661 Views
Really? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:48:29 PM 1647 Views
It made me want to be a British gentleman in the 1800s A Deathwatch Guard - 13/04/2011 03:11:33 AM 1739 Views
woops miss-post *NM* Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:23:43 PM 952 Views
I don't really count that as a happy ending, myself... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:03:53 AM 1682 Views
You know, I do not remember how it ends... Camilla - 14/04/2011 02:10:45 PM 1480 Views
The ending is admittedly disappointing. Legolas - 14/04/2011 07:53:29 PM 1557 Views
Agreed. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 08:01:10 PM 880 Views
Re: The ending is admittedly disappointing. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:00:52 PM 1884 Views
He was annoying. Extremely so. Legolas - 14/04/2011 10:06:16 PM 1841 Views
Re: He was annoying. Extremely so. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:09:08 PM 1702 Views
I thought that's what made him a good villian Darth_Katie - 14/04/2011 10:59:38 PM 1663 Views
Temeraire by Naomi Novik Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:14:01 PM 1615 Views
Room is great, but hardly qualifies as mind candy if you ask me... Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:23:10 PM 1749 Views
Ghavrel doesn't ask for mind candy in his original post. Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:40:23 PM 1696 Views
This is true. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 08:27:25 PM 1699 Views
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Re: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:36:42 PM 1760 Views
Yes, well... Legolas - 12/04/2011 08:26:43 PM 1720 Views
Bridge of Birds might also be a candidate Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:33:54 PM 1649 Views
Ooh! Anathem! beetnemesis - 12/04/2011 07:45:26 PM 1671 Views
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell. Novo - 13/04/2011 09:09:09 AM 1614 Views
Um, no. rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:25:01 AM 1580 Views
Oh, but I did! Novo - 15/04/2011 08:21:26 AM 1708 Views
I don't honestly know. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 08:02:08 PM 1651 Views
Jeeves and Wooster. *NM* snoopcester - 13/04/2011 11:07:06 AM 926 Views
Beat you to it. *NM* Camilla - 13/04/2011 11:22:55 AM 820 Views
Dragon Prince trilogy Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:25:14 PM 1566 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 1994 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 1600 Views
A Storm of Swords? It ends with a wedding.... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:05:01 AM 1679 Views
You're a terrible person. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 07:03:45 PM 807 Views
Best. wedding. ever. *NM* ironclad - 14/04/2011 08:29:33 PM 888 Views
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