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Fahim Farook
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What with the storm and flooding in Sri Lanka and other stuff going on, I haven't had time to do a reading update. But maybe time to do one now to close out November?
After DNFing "Just One Damned Thing After Another", I started on "Clean Sweep". This one I liked 🙂
The story was engaging, and the writing was clean. It wasn't the kind of writing that made me want to write like that, but the story was good. And I finished the book in 4 days, which is a record for me ... Or I wasn't busy 😛
I'll be returning to this series!
Then I read "Dungeon Crawler Carl".
I knew Matt Dinniman a long time ago (before DCC) and he's a great guy. The book was interesting.
What interests me mostly about a book is the plot. Figuring out what will happen before it happens.
Couldn't do that much here 😛
For one thing, you know what will happen ultimately based on the premise - you know that Carl will make it to the end of the dungeon 🙂
For another, the plot points are like mini-stories. Each section of a level takes a chapter or two and is done. There are very few overarching plot elements which act as hooks. The main attraction is to keep reading to see what happens next.
But the plot twists as he progressed were entertaining and creative. So I kept reading, and reading, and reading.
Again, not quite the kind of thing I'd want to write myself, but definitely something that will keep me reading!
I'll be coming back to this series. Both Ilona Andrews and Matt make me want to come back and finish the whole series. But there are so many books ....
#Reading #Books #MiniReviews
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After DNFing "Just One Damned Thing After Another", I started on "Clean Sweep". This one I liked 🙂
The story was engaging, and the writing was clean. It wasn't the kind of writing that made me want to write like that, but the story was good. And I finished the book in 4 days, which is a record for me ... Or I wasn't busy 😛
I'll be returning to this series!
Then I read "Dungeon Crawler Carl".
I knew Matt Dinniman a long time ago (before DCC) and he's a great guy. The book was interesting.
What interests me mostly about a book is the plot. Figuring out what will happen before it happens.
Couldn't do that much here 😛
For one thing, you know what will happen ultimately based on the premise - you know that Carl will make it to the end of the dungeon 🙂
For another, the plot points are like mini-stories. Each section of a level takes a chapter or two and is done. There are very few overarching plot elements which act as hooks. The main attraction is to keep reading to see what happens next.
But the plot twists as he progressed were entertaining and creative. So I kept reading, and reading, and reading.
Again, not quite the kind of thing I'd want to write myself, but definitely something that will keep me reading!
I'll be coming back to this series. Both Ilona Andrews and Matt make me want to come back and finish the whole series. But there are so many books ....
#Reading #Books #MiniReviews
A screenshot from a reading app…
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Mark Reid
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@f I just very recently finished the first DCC book and started on the second. I’ve been enjoying them so far as they are light, funny, tightly written and compelling. Just what I need as the year winds down.
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Fahim Farook
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@mdreid Yep, Matt writes a compelling story and he expands the world brilliantly in the first book. I really want to see what happens on the next level ...
But then again, I've got a couple of more writers to go through to see if I find more interesting writers who make me want to write 🙂
So moving on without going on to book 2 ... but that's mostly because I read slowly and I'm currently on a quest to find more inspiring writers. But the compulsion to move on to book 2 is very strong 😀
But then again, I've got a couple of more writers to go through to see if I find more interesting writers who make me want to write 🙂
So moving on without going on to book 2 ... but that's mostly because I read slowly and I'm currently on a quest to find more inspiring writers. But the compulsion to move on to book 2 is very strong 😀
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