A friend of mine (finally) read Bad Attitude (when did I publish that, 2007?) and wrote me this little review. I like hearing what people think of my books, whether they like it or not (as in this case.) Anyway, I thought I would share it with you:
I just wanted to tell you that I read your book “Bad attitude”. And…
Well, you really are too much of a communist. I always knew it, you non-catholic, false Irish!
No seriously, that wasn’t my (main) point. But I’ve got to tell you honestly:
Yes I read it but I’ve got to tell you that I wasn’t really content with it (not that I HAVE to be satisfied of it, I’m fully aware that you didn’t write a book for me). I did really prefer “Game Quest”. Maybe I missed something but this one was a bit too straightforward: always in the store, few characters, too much of a good vs evil plot and a very unappealing main character.
What a punk he was, though I have to admit Tom was also an appealing hatred magnet and I’m always for anything that’s against Future Shop.
Anyways, I wanted to tell you that I read it and that I did have a good time reading it but that I was a bit disappointed because you really rocked my world with “Game Quest” and not so much this time.
If there was some kind of superb irony about it, please tell me.
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Bah, humbug! I like that book--it's got a killer ending!
ReplyDeleteThanks Wred. I like it too. But it's interesting to see how differently people can approach fiction (from an author's standpoint, anyway). I think what makes mainstream fiction work is that it is the least challenging (I don't mean that in a derogatory sense - as in 'it's easy', but it's geared at a more generic worldview.)
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