Re: Free book.
- From: "Simon Gates" <simian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:40:00 -0000
darsy wrote:
"Simon Gates" <simian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've got a couple of his books, and think that, well, they're
written for teenagers, mostly, but I guess somebody[1] might enjoy
his work that would otherwise not have bought it.
I'd say "Atrocity Archives" and the Family serie (though I've not read
those) are aimed a teenagers. "Iron Sunrise" and its sequel, probably
not.
Hmmm.
Thinking about it, he's a little patchy; he's not a bad author
(Accelerando is good) but the end of Iron Sunrise is appalling.
As a critic my main complaint would be a lack of depth/detail - the
main characters and plots aren't two dimensional, as such, but are
painted with a very broad brush and tend to cliche.
Perhaps 'teenager' is the wrong group, 'undemanding' might be better.
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