It actually turned out to be a really fun book to read. It's a bit on the silly side, but how could it not be, with characters named Skullduggery Pleasant and China Sorrows and Ghastly Bespoke and such? XD. I spent a lot of time worrying that the twelve year-old protagonist would turn into your typical Strong Teenage Girl Lead, but she skirted the line pretty nicely.
I wasn't hit with "oh god, this book is MADE OF GENIUS" the way I was with Garth Nix's stuff, but I'm still really looking forward to the sequel that's coming out later this year. It's written by a British writer which . . . might make it more accessible to you? I don't know enough about book distribution outside of my own particular venue to know if that's even a factor anymore. >>
... and back to the original topic! The way Jamie treated Claire didn't actually bother me at the time, but I was way more into 'ooooh, this lady did some RESEARCH omg cool!' than anything else. ... the books come into the store an awful lot. If I can get over the idea of the amount of teasing from my coworkers I'll get, I'll snag them.
(Though I imagine that after the Lord Byron As A Vampire Written By The Biggest Byron Fanboy EVAR book they all saw me snorting and giggling my way through a few years back, that might not faze them.)
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Date: 2008-02-14 08:29 am (UTC)I wasn't hit with "oh god, this book is MADE OF GENIUS" the way I was with Garth Nix's stuff, but I'm still really looking forward to the sequel that's coming out later this year. It's written by a British writer which . . . might make it more accessible to you? I don't know enough about book distribution outside of my own particular venue to know if that's even a factor anymore. >>
... and back to the original topic! The way Jamie treated Claire didn't actually bother me at the time, but I was way more into 'ooooh, this lady did some RESEARCH omg cool!' than anything else. ... the books come into the store an awful lot. If I can get over the idea of the amount of teasing from my coworkers I'll get, I'll snag them.
(Though I imagine that after the Lord Byron As A Vampire Written By The Biggest Byron Fanboy EVAR book they all saw me snorting and giggling my way through a few years back, that might not faze them.)