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Originally Posted by sqdancer
Sorry, just confused. Probably because it's past my bedtime, but I somehow I was reading it as though you were saying it was his last book.
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Sorry, in re-reading my post, I see what you mean. I guess I meant, "last" as in, hell, dunno. I guess my brain misfired.
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But if you're open to questions, what did you think of "Night Fall"?
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I think I ended up hating it. I just can't see that "wrapped this up in the last 3 pages of the book" stuff working in those fantastic worlds he created. It's...it's neat, but not credible, I guess, is the way I look at it. I can't see Taylor and Suzie fitting in with the Droods; the inverse is more credible than that scenario. That's another one of those "tie it off in a knot too-quick endings" that I was talking about. God knows, it's better than the end to the Ghostfinders series, or Hawk/Hunter, OR the end to the Deathstalkers (don't get me started....), but still.
I guess
I simply don't like the way he ends things. It always feels abrupt and rushed to me.
Obviously, I like the guy's work, for relatively quick reads; loved the Nightside series a lot. Really liked the Droods. (Loved the damn bear and the goat, too, who seemed to make it into every single series, afaik...altho I don't think I've seen them in the Ishmael Joneses yet...). It's a bit like a fix. One series ends, I find or he starts a new one, and I start reading again and
I never learn that at some point in time, my supply will be cut-off and I'll start jonesing.
I'm reading the latest Ishmael Jones, as it happens, now.
I'm also smoked about how his publisher has jacked up prices on his Kindle versions. Over $14, for a Kindle version? I had started buying these in dt, 2nd-hand when that crap started but I just wrapped up something else and wanted a quick bit of entertainment, so I treated myself to it. Nonetheless, even though I'm a maker of eBooks--that's LOT for a short eBook, IMHO. The dt book isn't even 200 pages, for crying out loud.
Hitch