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Poorly written by what standard? Wibble Send a noteboard - 10/09/2012 12:29:17 AM
It serves its purpose, just like any airport novel, it's written well enough to convey its rip roaring type story, and it does it relatively well.

Now if we are talking written to a standard that would satisfy elitist literary snobs? Then no, it'll never do that. But then since I daresay 90% of people have no idea about what literary conventions satisfy a 'well written' book, and instead just like what they like, which in most cases is a story rather than how 'well' it's written, that's fine.
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This may be one of the most dire reviews you shall ever read - 09/09/2012 09:12:25 PM 2313 Views
Certainly one of the most original, you get points for that. - 09/09/2012 10:39:00 PM 1560 Views
Well... - 09/09/2012 10:57:25 PM 1570 Views
A review of a D&D bestiary could be more dire. - 09/09/2012 11:29:17 PM 1407 Views
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That page is painful to behold - 11/09/2012 03:09:29 AM 1509 Views
They are popular as they are fun, easy reading books - 10/09/2012 12:11:24 AM 1488 Views
"Popular", "Fun," and "Easy" doesn't have to be equated with poorly-written - 10/09/2012 12:16:27 AM 1718 Views
Poorly written by what standard? - 10/09/2012 12:29:17 AM 1575 Views
By the standards of what I enjoyed as a nine year-old? - 10/09/2012 01:04:12 AM 1526 Views
So like I said, by the standards of Elitist Literary Snobs - 11/09/2012 12:03:08 AM 1593 Views
Nice attempt at sophistry, but alas, it fails - 11/09/2012 12:38:24 AM 1546 Views
Was that meant to make any sense? - 11/09/2012 01:43:13 AM 1728 Views
Re: Was that meant to make any sense? - 11/09/2012 01:54:23 AM 1537 Views
I'm with Wibble on this (big surprise) - 12/09/2012 03:07:53 PM 1622 Views
Heh. - 12/09/2012 03:43:52 PM 1755 Views
Pretty much so - 12/09/2012 04:19:35 PM 1712 Views
When did you put up that header? - 12/09/2012 04:35:20 PM 1540 Views
I didn't put it up - 12/09/2012 04:51:32 PM 1450 Views
I shall tread lightly so. - 12/09/2012 06:15:51 PM 1564 Views
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+6 health? What game are you playing? - 12/09/2012 07:52:52 PM 1469 Views
The Game of Life? - 12/09/2012 08:23:53 PM 1540 Views
Re: Pretty much so - 12/09/2012 08:50:57 PM 1573 Views
You apparently do not read my blog/reviews much - 12/09/2012 09:07:18 PM 1593 Views
Actually, I read them almost never - 13/09/2012 03:07:48 PM 1594 Views
I think my IQ dropped a little bit when I parsed what you said - 13/09/2012 04:16:21 PM 1574 Views
Yep, your usual rebuttal... *NM* - 17/09/2012 02:14:56 PM 789 Views
No, not really - 17/09/2012 06:25:15 PM 1396 Views
Yes, Yes, wrap yourself in arrogance and declare yourself correct until your opposite gets bored... - 17/09/2012 11:12:17 PM 1692 Views
Nah, I just wipe my ass with arrogance - 18/09/2012 12:23:44 AM 1939 Views
The last word with me is rather difficult to obtain - 18/09/2012 02:48:03 PM 1492 Views
Don't try to argue with them. They've made their judgments. They are better than you. - 10/09/2012 09:36:17 PM 1514 Views
Defensive much? *NM* - 10/09/2012 10:31:17 PM 836 Views
He never said you couldn't enjoy it. - 10/09/2012 11:10:11 PM 1640 Views
Indeed - 10/09/2012 11:17:20 PM 1513 Views
But they aren't. - 10/09/2012 11:48:14 PM 1545 Views
Prove it. *NM* - 11/09/2012 03:12:17 AM 750 Views
He also went on to compare liking the books to having the standards of a nine-year-old. - 11/09/2012 02:34:18 AM 1506 Views
You didn't read what I said very well then - 11/09/2012 03:16:21 AM 1499 Views
I believe that they were not meant for adults. - 10/09/2012 12:30:05 AM 1526 Views
Basically, both get dubious kudos for trying something new by the dire standards of the day. - 10/09/2012 11:38:22 PM 1559 Views
Interesting point - 11/09/2012 12:41:01 AM 1497 Views
Are you aware of the game's alignment rules? Some of the novels struggle with this. - 12/09/2012 10:58:37 PM 1560 Views
Not aware of it at all until now - 12/09/2012 11:18:57 PM 1523 Views
How is that possible? - 12/09/2012 11:28:33 PM 1480 Views
My dad was (and is) influenced by Evangelicals - 13/09/2012 12:17:36 AM 1414 Views
Wait, so you didn't read the Chronicles first? - 13/09/2012 02:12:13 PM 1415 Views
No - 13/09/2012 02:18:03 PM 1476 Views
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Oddly enough, I started WoT at CoS in November 1997 - 13/09/2012 05:56:04 PM 1438 Views
Chronicles is considerably weaker - 13/09/2012 11:14:38 PM 1504 Views
12 modules, not 15 - 14/09/2012 02:55:39 PM 1675 Views
These threads are so much better than the rape threads! *NM* - 12/09/2012 04:03:01 AM 862 Views
You're just waiting to see if I'll use hexameter in the next one *NM* - 12/09/2012 04:32:31 AM 686 Views
When do we get to see some alexandrines? *NM* - 12/09/2012 12:41:29 PM 758 Views
Or quatrains? - 12/09/2012 03:25:13 PM 1383 Views
At least you didn't read the Baldur's Gate novelizations - 14/09/2012 04:29:17 AM 1439 Views
Sssssh! - 14/09/2012 05:10:19 AM 1490 Views
People become lesbians for no reason! - 17/09/2012 04:34:20 PM 1352 Views
I think my IQ dropped further upon learning of this - 17/09/2012 06:29:29 PM 1382 Views
Baldurs Gate wooooo! - 14/09/2012 04:13:34 PM 1606 Views
Is the review dire because of the subject or the sonnet form? - 14/09/2012 04:24:37 PM 1543 Views
Both - 14/09/2012 04:36:59 PM 1468 Views
it would be unusual for someone to just randomly pick books like that up - 14/09/2012 05:05:37 PM 1760 Views
Interesting scenario - 14/09/2012 10:16:11 PM 1461 Views
Re: Interesting scenario - 15/09/2012 09:55:59 AM 1724 Views
Re: Interesting scenario - 17/09/2012 06:28:57 PM 1384 Views

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