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Lädt ... The Dark Lord's Handbook (2012. Auflage)von Paul Dale (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I really wanted to like this book - the tongue-in-cheek humor in a fantasy setting, regarding a Dark Lord rising, a less-than-dashing hero to oppose him, some capitalist-minded aristocrats, and a damsel who's not in distress as much as she's pissed off. However, I found it difficutl to get into it - I think that what bothered me was that it was a bit rambly. Some editing to cut out unnecessary and wordy sentences, as well as more concise characterisation would have made this a book I couldn't put down. At this stage, I can't see myself reading any sequels... maybe I'll come back to, because, as I said, I really do want to like this. When I lived in London, I used the tube every day and pretty much every day, I would look at the bottle-shaped diagram on the wall of the train and reflect that Morden (which is at one end of the Northern Line) would be a great name for a baddy in a book. Sure enough it is. This book is great fun. There's a strain of subversive humour going on throughout which I really enjoyed but never at the expense of the characterisation. No typos that I noticed but some laugh out loud funny bits and a deftly handled sexual tension between our hero, or at least, our dark lord, Morden and the fundamentalist, mentalist, hero's potty-mouthed girlfriend. On the humour front, one particular chapter from the handbook about the dark lord rising and suddenly coming forth had me guffawing with Sid James like laughter. The book operates on more than one level though, with our own world situation intelligently parallelled. However, to me, and face it, this is all pretty subjective so take it with a pinch of salt - it does slightly rush to the end in the last chapters. The ending wasn't dissatisfying exactly but an awful lot happened rather suddenly in a short time and it didn't seem to connect as smoothly, or flow as seamlessly as what had gone before. And in the last pages, the sexual tension suddenly ceases to be an issue which sort of feels... odd. Undoubtedly, that has more to do with me than the quality of the writing, which was excellent throughout. So, I, for one, will be eagerly awaiting Paul Dale's next book and if you're looking for a funny, but thoughtful, read I thoroughly recommend this one. Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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To become a Dark Lord is no easy thing. The simple ambition to hold dominion over the world and bend all to your will sounds straightforward, but it's not. There are armies to raise, fortresses to build, heroes to defeat, and battles to be fought. After many spectacular failures, Evil decided to lend more than inspiration to these would-be tyrants. He wrote an easy-to-follow Dark Lord's Handbook. And yet the next Dark Lord that came along screwed up like all the others. It had been hundreds of years, and the Handbook was lost in the annals of time, along with all that was mythic and exciting in the world. Then one day, a randy dragon had a chance encounter. Nine months later a Dark Lord was born. In time, the Handbook found its way to this new contender: Morden. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Tuttavia, nella mia frenesia da devo-sapere-il-finale, ho notato diverse pecche non proprio trascurabili. In primis, nella parodia il fantasy l'autore ha inserito riferimenti alla nostra storia recente: capitalismo vs comunismo e la crisi economia scoppiata nel 2006. Molto bene. Avrei preferito che i riferimenti non fossero così lampanti e che la costruzione della trama inglobasse questi temi con più finezza.
Altro elemento di disturbo è stato la ripetizione ossessiva di alcuni pensieri da parte dei personaggi. Capisco che Edwin debba fare la parte del pazzo fanatico del Bene, ma all'ennesima ripetizione che deve assolutamente salvare Griselda il lettore impugna arco e frecce e lo centra al cuore. Lo stesso vale per Morden e la sua fissa per diventare un Signore Oscuro. Ragazzi, un po' di contegno, che diamine!
Probabilmente tutta questa ossessività è colpa della trappola del descrivere: una volta che mi hai fatto vedere che Edwin non c'è tanto con la testa, non importa che tu mi ribadisca ogni volta il concetto descrivendomi i suoi pensieri monotematici. Altrimenti, da divertimento passiamo a noia, e questo non va bene.
Ho letto che tutto questo dovrà avere un seguito: spero che l'autore migliori il suo stile e ci regali un ritorno di Morden, Edwin & co in grande pompa. ( )