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2.0 out of 5 stars
myth-representation, Dec 19 2000
Let me start off my review by saying that this is the first and only book in the MYTH series that I've read, as well as the first and only book by Robert Asprin that I've read. The MYTH series was always highly recommended to me, but my local bookseller didn't have any of them, so I waited for the next installment so that I could sample it and see if the rest of the books were worth tracking down. Well, from reading the reviews on this page, it seems I jumped in on a bad installment, when the series was losing its luster and the author was losing interest. That is not to say that what I read was not at all good. In fact, I thought it was very funny and very well written. However, as a complete novel... well, it just isn't. It seems that the whole purpose of having Skeeve debate whom to love or not to love came up as the result of a situation that had something to do with marrying Queen Hemlock, which I assume was a major plot point begun in the previous installment. Well, the situation was never resolved, so this book accomplishes nothing at all in terms of advancing the series. The only advancement to speak of comes at the end when something happens to Skeeve's dragon, Gleep, who seems to be able to talk now. There were hints all along that there was something up with the dragon, but the ending still came very suddenly. The good thing is, it left me wanting more. The bad thing is that, so far, there is no more. The new book, if there ever will be one, isn't out yet. It seems like this series is a lot of fun. A shame that my first impression of it had to be a poorly-crafted installment of it. If you're a follower/fan of the series, you'll probably love the book and should read it (I had fun with it even though I had no idea what was going on). Still, in and of itself, there's not much to it.
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by Robert Asprin
by Robert Asprin
