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Butters *battle grounds*
Mira:
--- Quote from: StrayDog on October 12, 2020, 02:15:46 PM ---LOL seems like my reply to Dina easily applies here as well. All adds to the spice of life :)
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Yes, in the sense that on the second read one looks for the bread crumbs that might actually lead to something. As in since the corner hounds were Outsider creatures it takes a mortal to call them up.. Only two anywhere close, the doorman and Justine.. Also Harry's reaction to Justine's reaction to the news about Thomas screamed that something was amiss.. But the trail went cold as soon as the crisis of the corner hounds was resolved, and the story jumped to something else.. Harry and us got sidetracked and it wasn't until the end of Battle Ground that it all came together.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: StrayDog on October 11, 2020, 02:45:14 PM ---This [repetitive descriptions] is one of the early signs that the writer is reaching for content.
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It's been one of my complaints for the entire series, so I don't think it's evidence of Jim being "lost in the weeds." Continuity issues are another thing I find irksome. There were plenty in PT. I still enjoyed both books and am ready for Jim's next offering.
Dina:
Yes, PT was particular bad in that sense but I blame the rewriting due to the split. I hope it gets better in the future.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Dina on October 14, 2020, 08:09:01 AM ---Yes, PT was particular bad in that sense but I blame the rewriting due to the split. I hope it gets better in the future.
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I think things will get better because his home is sorted out now and Jim started writing again on a regular basis.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on October 14, 2020, 08:36:48 AM ---I think things will get better because his home is sorted out now and Jim started writing again on a regular basis.
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That is good, I hope that he doesn't wait another six years until he writes the next book. Yeah, there are selfish motives on my part, but I think by waiting that long he lost touch with the series. It isn't like he wasn't writing though, he had launched another series during those years etc. It may have hurt his focus, also for some reason he felt he had to write his version of War And Peace. I think to make up for almost nothing save a few mostly unsatisfactory short stories over that six
year span. I think he and us would be better served by shorter more focused closer together.
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