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Sto caricando le informazioni... Tong Lashing (2003)di Peter David
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A disappointing end to the Apropos saga. It's almost like Peter David forgot during The Woad to Wuin that he wants us to hate Apropos, and so he makes up for it here. The novel simply left a bad taste in my mouth. The story was still fairly good and interesting, but everything that I hoped for in this book was intentionally thrown away and destroyed. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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It's hard to find a lesser man than Apropos: a con man, a knave, a scalawag...and those are his finer points. This time, Apropos winds up a stranger in a strange land called "Chinpan," populated by those who speak a different language and live by a code of honor, neither of which Apropos can comprehend. And yet it is here that he begins to examine his life and question whether he can aspire to become more than the hard-bitten cynic he's always been. He may yet be able to find a happy ending among a gentle people who are willing to accept him, faults and all, and he acquires a teacher who may even be able to set him on a road to true enlightenment.But events conspire to pull Apropos in unexpected and dangerous directions, for his presence in Chinpan does not go unnoticed. What does the mysterious criminal organization known as the Forked Tong want with him? How do their plans tie in or conflict with the criminal Skang Kei family, and their enigmatic leader, Skang Kei Ho? What of the Mingol hordes? And what will be the fate of the Chin clan, including Double Chin, Cleft Chin, Kit Chin, and little Kit Chinette? Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I was kinda annoyed by the Oriental theme of the book. I wouldn't have minded the blending of Japanese and Chinese culture so much if the book was parodying the whole genre, but instead it came across as the kind of sloppy world building by stealing from history that I find so annoying in fantasy. I suppose since I'm very familar with that type of genre too, the story was even more predictable than usual.
It did make me laugh once, and grin at least one other time (for comparison an average Discworld novel makes me laugh out loud about 2-3 times and grin every couple of pages... this is why I consider Pratchett to be a god of humour), but I'm not really sure what these book's purposes are any more. I read them for the humour, but they've lost that element. If there is another book, I doubt I'll read it. ( )