https://www.boomtron.com/nine-kingdoms-review-lynn-kurland/ Sat, 26 Nov 2022 00:06:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.boomtron.com/nine-kingdoms-review-lynn-kurland/#comment-633278 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:14:06 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=51471#comment-633278 Yes, that was it. Perhaps I needed to start at the beginning to see it. But, there are so many books out there that I try not to take too much time on those that aren’t doing it for me.

]]> https://www.boomtron.com/nine-kingdoms-review-lynn-kurland/#comment-633277 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:26:12 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=51471#comment-633277 the latest one being a tapestry of spells? i have it but have not read it yet, so i can’t judge on that one. but i can’t shake my thought that it’s meant to be tongue in cheek (maybe i just can’t accept that somethign so bad could get published, if it’s all serious?), but that impression was probably formed by the novellas and carried over into the novels. for me it was just a sit back and enjoy the yarn, not one to get too emotionally involved in or pick apart too hard. i can see where someone going in blind would find it…less than. 🙂

]]> https://www.boomtron.com/nine-kingdoms-review-lynn-kurland/#comment-633276 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:21:49 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=51471#comment-633276 I had never seen any of these before and I just recently picked up one of the latest in this series on a whim – I don’t think it is subtle mockery at all. I had to put the book down as I felt that the plot, characterization and dialog were all very poorly executed.

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