![]() ![]() (It is used in the book, too.)īut here’s the thing – when such books work, they work well. Mary’s as they hurtle around History…” “Disaster magnets”… yuck. It also doesn’t help that the blurb at the bottom of the front cover made me wince – “Meet the disaster magnets of St. With that in mind, this is a novel that by taking on both of these aspects is possibly the worst I could choose to read. ![]() They are the most personal of elements for a reader, and I know to my own cost that what works for one reader can leave another remarkably unimpressed. (Well, actually, names can be a deal breaker, sometimes.) No – the two things that work, or don’t, for me are humour and romance. And whilst characterisation, setting, internal logic and appropriate names are all very important, it’s none of those. I’ve often said on the SFFWorld Forums that there are two elements that can make or break a novel for me. “History is just one damned thing after another.” Arnold Toynbee ![]()
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