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1.0étoiles sur 5
Poorly written, but funny, Mai 21 2004
This book is like a scab. It's an awful book; one of the worst books I've read. But for some bizzarre reason, I'm compelled to keep reading it. Maybe I'm just in a massochistic mood.The writer has enough word skill to actually tell a story, but it's not written well. She makes the #1 mistake of fantasy writers, thinking that "Fantasy" does not require realism or sense. There are a lot of logical gaps, contradictions, and unclarities in the details of the world, culture, and characters, and these don't read like the author is being clever or mysterious. She copies too many bad fantasy cliches, while failing to present her own inventions in a convincing manner (example: the people in the undersea kingdom use paper documents, steel armor, and torches! Under water! And the pig is dirty and has to take a bath! Yes, while he's already underwater! The author doesn't seem to notice that this makes NO sense; she just slaps it with the label "Majic" which in this case clearly means "I can't be bothered to think up something new and appropriate"). Yet the tale it is lighthearted (it would be 0 stars if it took itself seriously) and somehow manages to be amusing (mostly because I want to see how bad the next chapter is; yes, really). The young talking pig does behave admirably unlike a cliche fantasy hero (even unlike the usual Poor Unassuming Reluctant Chosen One), which is the book's strongest point. He's just a child-pig, and he does behave like both a child and a pig, befriending everyone he meets if possible (even the "villains"), and frequently showing a kind of bravery that does feel in-line with his youth, inexperience, small size, and desperation. I cannot honestly reccomend that anyone BUY this book instead of something actually GOOD, but if you feel like an amusing frivolity, if you aren't too picky, and if this book is lying around, try it out.
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