Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: Aug. 17, 2010
John L
Books
This member has not published any books.Smashwords book reviews by John L
- Nightmares From Eberus - A Speculative Fiction Collection
on Oct. 15, 2010
Have not read a collection of short stories for a long time and this made me wonder why. Enjoyed most of the stories, especially serial and shockers. Worth reading, good to have a collection of different genres - it makes for much more consuming reading. If only I could get around my loathing of e-books.........
- The Mask of the River King
on Oct. 15, 2010
(no rating)
Sorry to be a dissenting voice. I rarely stop part way through a book because I feel it is a waste of money and besides, it might get better. This book gets the accolade of most rapidly put down book in my life. Boring, confusing and generally unreadable. I like (not love) the genre so that is not the reason for not liking it. Maybe I will pick it up again one day but in the meantime - did not enjoy.
- The Ash Spear
on Jan. 03, 2011
Finally finished the book after many interruptions. Having not read the first two books, I thought I would not be able to understand this one but to be honest it does not seem to matter - nothing seemed to rely on the original books. Having said that my feeling was that this was a story lacking direction and content. It seemed to ramble from fireside to fireside without any of the "beginning, middle and end" that is normally associated with a story. Over all, I probably just did not get the point but this is not a book that would make me rush out to read the first two or any more of this series. Thanks for the opportunity to read it anyway.