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S'està carregant… The Henchmen of Zendade KJ Charles
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I'll preface this review by saying I've never read The Prisoner of Zenda, because it's the sort of story that bores me, so thank you, favorite author, for making it better. This version was a bit of work to get into. No one's particularly agreeable for quite awhile. But eventually our MC grew on me, and after that I couldn't put this down. Questionable morals! Treachery! Double agents, multiple times! Clever, tricky, slippery and dangerous. You know from the beginning that our MC survives, since he's writing this rebuttal to The Prisoner of Zenda, but also the ending is quite good. I have no idea what it references, some other classic I never read, I assume. No matter, it's very good. I mean, we expect no less from K.J. Charles. This is one of those books I wish I'd read sooner, now. This was based on a book I never read. But it it felt like watching the Princess Bride. Just good fun. I have to admit I missed the romance somewhat. On the other hand... this story really didn't need it. It was bloody fun even though most of the characters were shitheads. Which made me like them even more for some reason. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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This is a outright case of "it's me, not the book". KJC is one of my Top 3 authors since I first read a story by her.
Yet, The Prisoner of Zenda is one of those classic adventure novels in which my taste was against the tide: not only I did not like it but I nearly hated it,
I thought that going hand in hand with KJC and her version I would be able to enjoy it, but my antipathy towards the original has been too relevant to keep on, at least for now.
Maybe I'll give him another chance later.