I'd watch soap operas with my grandmother if I was interested in storylines as contrived and ridiculous as what I've come to expect from Mr. Brett. #nI'd watch soap operas with my grandmother if I was interested in storylines as contrived and ridiculous as what I've come to expect from Mr. Brett. #nothankyouplease...more
I'm not saying no one will like it. In fact, if you like the gritReviewed by: Rabid Reads
DO NOT WANT.
I couldn't even finish the preview of this book.
I'm not saying no one will like it. In fact, if you like the grittier urban fantasy à la Stacia Kane, Jaye Wells, or Chuck Wendig, there's a significant chance it might go better for you.
But I'm not one of those.
I did not like the MC:
I pulled out an American Spirit, only three left in the pack, second pack today.
and:
I took a long draw on the cigarette, ran a hand over my shaggy hair. I had pulled it back, tight, into a ponytail to keep it out of my way.
This guy sounds like the adult version of one of my high school crushes, but after awhile having hair long enough to pull back in a ponytail and smoking cigarettes are no longer small, attractive signs of rebellion.
I can't say that long hair on a guy is stupid the same way I think smoking is, I just no longer think it's hot. Or professional. But a two pack a day smoking habit . . .?
1. Gross, man. 2. There is nothing ironic about calling cigarettes nails in your coffin even as you light up.
If you're that hellbent on killing yourself, there are more efficient, less painful ways to do it. I'll even help if you ask nicely. *mutters* Idiot.
And, yes, smoking and long hair are superficial things to get hung up on, but they're more illustrations than they are minor details.
The tone of NIGHTWISE is that of a middle-aged man trying to relive his glory days, not realizing that the rest of us have outgrown those ideals.
And the clichés, ye gods, the clichés.
Over the course of a mere handful of pages he:
1. Refers to Hitler as the guiding light to evil psychopaths everywhere. YES. Hitler is the "Henry Ford" of evil bastards.
*rolls eyes* *sits back and waits for the Vlad Tepesh and/or Caligula references*
2. Goes on a long tangent to convince you that EVIL IS REAL. It's out there, man, maybe "watching your kids" even as we speak. He didn't grow up in "Disneyland" like all of us "sane" people, a category he clearly excludes himself from.
*REALLY rolls eyes*
Ever heard of CSI? How about Criminal Minds or one of the multitudes of similar TV shows/books/movies that our culture currently thrives on? We know evil is real. We're damn near enthralled by it.
3. Informs us that more often than not, he himself is one of the monsters.
So, yeah . . . I tried. I tried really, really hard to read this. At least half a dozen times, and I just couldn't do it.
If it had been a good imitatSo, yeah . . . I tried. I tried really, really hard to read this. At least half a dozen times, and I just couldn't do it.
If it had been a good imitation of Kate Daniels, maybe I'd've fared better, but it wasn't. It was a bad, bad, baaaaad imitation of Kate Daniels.
I did flip through it enough to verify that, yes, I definitely view this whole sad enterprise as a theft of ideas.
Is it plagiarism? No. There was no cutting and pasting of text and trying to pass it off as original material.
BUT.
Any Kate fan will easily recognize many details specific to the Andrews' world-building, and people . . . writing a book is not like the drug industry. The generic is not as good as the brand. #suckstosuck...more
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