Hugh Matthews (1)
Autore di Lifeblood
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Hugh Matthews (1) ha come alias Matthew Hughes.
Opere di Hugh Matthews
Opere a cui è stato assegnato l'alias Matthew Hughes.
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Matthew Hughes
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di nascita
- Liverpool, England
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 134
- Popolarità
- #151,727
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 16
He neither developed nor revealed any redeeming features of his character in the course of the story, many of the plot elements were clichéd and prone to stereotyping, the story never really stopped being about the most obvious central characters having stuff happen to them in ham-handed manner rather than about them actually doing things, and the ultimate villain was a let-down. There was no reason to sympathize with anyone of note, really, except an escaped slave and (oddly enough) a troll in the tale.
Something about the storytelling itself changed around the halfway point, however, so that events started becoming entertaining to read. Where earlier the improbable course of events had seemed unbelievable and ridiculous, some of the most absurd occurrences in the latter parts of the book made good sense, in context, even as I found myself chuckling at their absurdity. There was a period of about a chapter's worth at the end, in what one might call the climax -- though I'm not sure the book has one -- where a dull recounting of the actions of the real hero of the story (a previously minor supporting character who ultimately proved to have essentially no personality as presented by the author's narrative even after its heroic role was revealed) elicited no particular interest from me as the reader, but it at least served to explain what happened and pave the way to the final conversation of the novel.
The final conversation wrapped up with some mildly interesting banter, and the final line in the book made the whole thing worthwhile . . . barely, if you happen to have a sense of humor somewhat like mine.
I really don't think I could reasonably recommend this book to others, but I did find it enjoyable overall, balancing the good parts against those that were dull, annoying, or just plain poorly written (including the first half of the book, for the most part).… (altro)