Jonesy’s Reviews > Thieves' World > Status Update

I'm honestly not sure which was stupider: the almost self-defeating conspiracy or the lame cover up that no-one with two brain cells to rib together would fall for. I do believe I'll act on one of my prior posts and cleanse my palette with Conan before continuing.

I almost contracted whiplash after switching over to this again after finishing Mists of Avalon. I'm already thinking this was a mistake.

Whatever. putting this on hold while I read something else. Think I'll read some more MZB in the meantime.

To say nothing of an adventure story starting a halfway interesting moment, even if it's just an action scene... And then cutting out the culmination. Bad writer, no biscuit.

Trying to see if the rest of this book measures up to the standards of Bradley's work. So far, all I am seeing is a lot of evidence the Robert Asprin was asleep at the editor's chair.

Well, fuck. That was actually not bad.

I've had enough. Skipping to one of the later stories that is written by an author recommended to me. I am not going to wait through the proverbial main course of shit to see if the dessert is any better.

You know, drawing attention to your infodumping doesn't do anything but make it more irritating. Stop it.

Fuck me, how is it that I actively want to put this down and in favor of more Conan? Yes,yes, I know, fun pulp stories, but the racist and sexist undertones got pretty wretched at points, and yet I still am tempted to risk reading more of REH making an ass of himself through the omniscient narrator and nonsensical pandering than I am of continuing this fucking shambles.

Also, my concerns about the insecure prelude trying to preemptively defend against accusations of inconsistency between stories seem to be bearing fruit.