Thursday, June 24, 2010
Polished Turd
I made the mistake of following up the extremely well-written THE PASSAGE with THE GIRLS WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST. It's too soon to render a final judgment, but at this point I'm seriously thinking about abandoning the book altogether. Not only is the book witholding the only character I care anything about, Lisbeth Salander, but it's not even giving me much Mary Sue Blomqvist. Only a whole passel of indistinguishable thugs and cops who serve merely to spout exposition and do incredibly stupid things like refer to a Colt 1911 Government Model as a revolver. And the book has a really irritating chrome dust jacket that keeps reminding of the time the Mythbusters proved you actually can polish a turd. Should I hang it up?
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My wife had the same impression of the book, more or less. I've not picked it up yet to confirm-or-deny. The first book was much superior to the second, so I'm afraid to see if the downhill slide will continue or not.
Still, once you've read 1500+ pages... why not finish off the last 500 or so?
She's absolutely right. I'm still hacking away at it, because you're right about the last 500. I'm thinking of it as a learning experience.
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