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The post-credit scene analogy was perfect and I wish I had thought of it when I was writing my review.
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Are you insulting talking cats? This is an outrage, and Mongo is appalled.
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| Neverwhere is one of my favorite books. I was delighted to borrow this sequel - I know it is ten years old, but you get to things when you get to them. I was expecting to be disappointed. That is a weird phrase, isn't it? If you EXPECT to be disappoi ...more | |
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Notes: A snack-sized side-quest, it's finished in a flash: plotted proficiently, sating sufficiently, though lacking past panache." |
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| Neverwhere is one of my favorite books. I was delighted to borrow this sequel - I know it is ten years old, but you get to things when you get to them. I was expecting to be disappointed. That is a weird phrase, isn't it? If you EXPECT to be disappoi ...more | |
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| This was a lovely story. I picked it up because Marin Ireland was reading the audiobook, and she always is so excellent. One thing I liked was that there was that fantastical element introduced early on - the kids catch on fire - and then there was n ...more | |
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"It might be my least liked book in the series (wow I know..), I definitely have an unpopular opinion (same with book 6).
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"For being the big blow-off of the vast majority of storylines built up over the six previous books, This Inevitable Ruin ends up being a surprising parade of anticlimaxes. Compared to the rest of the series, it is also a surprisingly flat book, with "
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| This was a lovely, gentle, book. I loved the characters and hanging out with them. The actual plot was - fine - but if like me you read books for the characters and interactions, then this was the book for you. As long as we are doing junior high "ch ...more | |
“feeling blissfully invisible yet still fully included, safe in the knowledge that everyone is together and everyone is okay, with all the thrill of being there without the burden of having to be.”
― The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
― The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
“Albert Schweitzer once said, ‘Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”
― Backgammon for Losers
― Backgammon for Losers
“perhaps he was just a lowbrow mug who wouldn’t know how to treat a member of the gentler sex if she smacked him upside the head with a sack full of vaginas.”
― Noir
― Noir
“he smiled like a dog at a barbecue for the blind.”
― Noir
― Noir
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Todd
Aug 26, 2012 08:27PM
Excellent. Now let's recapture some of that 25 in 05 magic!
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