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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 8010019" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#075 King Pinch by David Cook (Nobles 1) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 9/6/20 to 11/6/20</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]122784[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, that's how you do it. In truth if it wasn't for a sudden work landslide then this one would have been started and finished on the same day, or thereabouts. I'm not saying it's a work of genius- what I am saying is it just works, it sets it all up- and is good enough to let you know where it's going in the very first scene. The only scene that I can remember in which our anti-hero (he likes to think) isn't present- and yet it's the scene, more than most, that he absolutely dominates Unsurprisingly it's also the scene that the reader turns to read again a second or two after he or she finishes the novel. That fact makes me think that the author of this one is a smart chap, or at least he knows how to tell a story.</p><p></p><p>Again, that's not to say that this is a work of genius, it's just great- and in comparison to some of the previous fare then it's an absolute pleasure to read. Three hundred and something pages in which we never leave the side of our protagonist- King Pinch, the rogue with a royal pedigree, as it turns out. Again, the plot is nothing extraordinary, it's the way its told- the degree of intimacy, familiarity that the reader gets a kick out of, or else this reader did.</p><p></p><p>Ever read The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth? I read it because I was told to... back in the days of yore, it's not my cup-of-tea, not then- not now. What it is however is a tight as a drum, plot perfect, thriller- with enough insider knowledge of spooks and whatever to make you feel like your part of it. Or, at worst, if you had the time it would be the kind of perfectly paced book of its genre that you would be more than capable of knocking off, you'd like to think... to dream.</p><p></p><p>This is the novel I'd write, not particularly the subject but the style, brio and bluster. I'll just get to it.</p><p></p><p>So, this one does exactly what it says on the tin (and the cover). There are roguish elements- and they are a delight, there's a blindly loyal factotum, foolish and cruel princes, a holy artefact, a shapely priestess of the light, a lich, a hardcore dwarven bad guy, a quaggoth, and still it's greater than the sum of its parts.</p><p></p><p>One last time, this isn't a work of genius, it is however a pacey, smart, well-plotted novel which relies on the author's ability to make the reader buy into the deal, you are just along for the journey- enjoy it. It works.</p><p></p><p>Read, a joy to do so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 8010019, member: 16069"] [B]#075 King Pinch by David Cook (Nobles 1) Read 9/6/20 to 11/6/20[/B] [ATTACH alt="Forgotten Realms King Pinch (Nobles 1) NrMINT.JPG"]122784[/ATTACH] Well, that's how you do it. In truth if it wasn't for a sudden work landslide then this one would have been started and finished on the same day, or thereabouts. I'm not saying it's a work of genius- what I am saying is it just works, it sets it all up- and is good enough to let you know where it's going in the very first scene. The only scene that I can remember in which our anti-hero (he likes to think) isn't present- and yet it's the scene, more than most, that he absolutely dominates Unsurprisingly it's also the scene that the reader turns to read again a second or two after he or she finishes the novel. That fact makes me think that the author of this one is a smart chap, or at least he knows how to tell a story. Again, that's not to say that this is a work of genius, it's just great- and in comparison to some of the previous fare then it's an absolute pleasure to read. Three hundred and something pages in which we never leave the side of our protagonist- King Pinch, the rogue with a royal pedigree, as it turns out. Again, the plot is nothing extraordinary, it's the way its told- the degree of intimacy, familiarity that the reader gets a kick out of, or else this reader did. Ever read The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth? I read it because I was told to... back in the days of yore, it's not my cup-of-tea, not then- not now. What it is however is a tight as a drum, plot perfect, thriller- with enough insider knowledge of spooks and whatever to make you feel like your part of it. Or, at worst, if you had the time it would be the kind of perfectly paced book of its genre that you would be more than capable of knocking off, you'd like to think... to dream. This is the novel I'd write, not particularly the subject but the style, brio and bluster. I'll just get to it. So, this one does exactly what it says on the tin (and the cover). There are roguish elements- and they are a delight, there's a blindly loyal factotum, foolish and cruel princes, a holy artefact, a shapely priestess of the light, a lich, a hardcore dwarven bad guy, a quaggoth, and still it's greater than the sum of its parts. One last time, this isn't a work of genius, it is however a pacey, smart, well-plotted novel which relies on the author's ability to make the reader buy into the deal, you are just along for the journey- enjoy it. It works. Read, a joy to do so. [/QUOTE]
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