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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 988 Views
Already read it. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:34:05 PM 1578 Views
Re: Already read it. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:37:46 PM 1741 Views
I'll be honest; I'm looking for mind candy. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:40:54 PM 847 Views
The Scarlet Pimpernel? Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:44:54 PM 1561 Views
Haven't read Wodehouse. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:48:51 PM 1003 Views
He is funny. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:57:34 PM 1650 Views
Jasper Fforde is a good shout. *NM* Rebekah - 12/04/2011 06:58:46 PM 954 Views
I thought all my shouts were good! *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:32 PM 955 Views
Also Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:13 PM 1573 Views
WHICH book? *NM* Aeryn - 12/04/2011 04:22:29 PM 898 Views
Well, you've read it, but it's huge spoilers for people who haven't! Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:38:08 PM 1794 Views
I don't know, dude... rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:23:35 AM 1654 Views
From how long away did you see it coming? Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 03:44:06 AM 1590 Views
Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 05:29:55 AM 1719 Views
Re: Hmm. Darth_Katie - 15/04/2011 06:59:13 AM 1656 Views
Re: Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 07:59:52 PM 1591 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 925 Views
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 12/04/2011 07:02:39 PM 1680 Views
Or Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, perhaps? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:11:30 PM 1657 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 984 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 1696 Views
Really? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:48:29 PM 1680 Views
It made me want to be a British gentleman in the 1800s A Deathwatch Guard - 13/04/2011 03:11:33 AM 1772 Views
woops miss-post *NM* Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:23:43 PM 969 Views
I don't really count that as a happy ending, myself... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:03:53 AM 1711 Views
You know, I do not remember how it ends... Camilla - 14/04/2011 02:10:45 PM 1512 Views
The ending is admittedly disappointing. Legolas - 14/04/2011 07:53:29 PM 1588 Views
Agreed. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 08:01:10 PM 900 Views
Re: The ending is admittedly disappointing. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:00:52 PM 1911 Views
He was annoying. Extremely so. Legolas - 14/04/2011 10:06:16 PM 1870 Views
Re: He was annoying. Extremely so. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:09:08 PM 1731 Views
I thought that's what made him a good villian Darth_Katie - 14/04/2011 10:59:38 PM 1692 Views
Temeraire by Naomi Novik Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:14:01 PM 1648 Views
Room is great, but hardly qualifies as mind candy if you ask me... Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:23:10 PM 1775 Views
Ghavrel doesn't ask for mind candy in his original post. Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:40:23 PM 1725 Views
This is true. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 08:27:25 PM 1734 Views
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Re: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:36:42 PM 1788 Views
Yes, well... Legolas - 12/04/2011 08:26:43 PM 1756 Views
Bridge of Birds might also be a candidate Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:33:54 PM 1680 Views
Ooh! Anathem! beetnemesis - 12/04/2011 07:45:26 PM 1704 Views
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell. Novo - 13/04/2011 09:09:09 AM 1648 Views
Um, no. rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:25:01 AM 1607 Views
Oh, but I did! Novo - 15/04/2011 08:21:26 AM 1738 Views
I don't honestly know. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 08:02:08 PM 1680 Views
Jeeves and Wooster. *NM* snoopcester - 13/04/2011 11:07:06 AM 955 Views
Beat you to it. *NM* Camilla - 13/04/2011 11:22:55 AM 839 Views
Dragon Prince trilogy Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:25:14 PM 1599 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 2026 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 1633 Views
A Storm of Swords? It ends with a wedding.... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:05:01 AM 1712 Views
You're a terrible person. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 07:03:45 PM 827 Views
Best. wedding. ever. *NM* ironclad - 14/04/2011 08:29:33 PM 910 Views
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