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Tag Archives: Weak villains
Life & Death Chapter 22
How did James/Joss find Rene’s house? Let’s stop and dial back a few where Lauren was hanging out with the Cullens. Meyer never comes out and says it but it’s implied that Laurent/Lauren went right back to JJ and filled … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged A Precipitous Cliff to Hang From, Talk talk talk, Weak villains
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Split Second Chapters 64 & 65
Chapter 64 Here’s something of a shock, Baldacci starts the chapter off with King consulting a “security firm”. Would you believe we’re not told why or what he wants from them? This is Baldacci trying to setup something he considers … Continue reading
Hunted Chapter 33
What will these ravens add to the story? I’m betting it won’t add up to the spit I’ve coated my monitor with in rage. PCK could at least try to make them credible villains. It’s like they’ve taken the trope … Continue reading
Hunted Chapter 17
One of those things that’s hard in writing is trying not to come up with descriptions that are self contradicting. I don’t mean things like “hot and cold”, I mean saying one thing and immediately contradicting it with a follow … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Impressively Boring, Talk talk talk, Weak villains
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Marked Chapter 8
Let’s talk about rules, shall we? Because it always comes up in genre fiction involving vampires, werewolves and such. Whenever the author decides there’s a “rule” that they don’t what their creatures to be bound by, they have a side … Continue reading
Maximum Ride Chapters 65 & 66
We start off with Max telling us how much she enjoys seeing the wolfmen get torn apart by birds. What’s that Jimmy? No, I’m afraid that Max still comes across as a sociopathic jerk. Yes, I know the “erasers” are … Continue reading
Posted in Maximum Ride, Recap
Tagged Go East, NNot Really the Good Guys, Weak villains
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