tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38541167.post8460807245212639719..comments2023-07-07T02:02:58.094-07:00Comments on Anjin Unleashed: Read Lately: Edge Of Destiny by J. Robert KingMarty Runyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456700794989273981noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38541167.post-30751717103861769772011-01-17T09:05:32.206-08:002011-01-17T09:05:32.206-08:00@ MMOGC - Logan's betrayal of the group was th...@ MMOGC - Logan's betrayal of the group was the most poorly handled part of the book certainly. The letters are meant to imply that the relationship is growing over time. But hanging such a huge plot point on those asides really undercut it. If there had been a little more room, I'm sure it would have been much easier to swallow.<br /><br />As for Caithe, how about we meet in the middle and do one of each? :)Marty Runyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456700794989273981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38541167.post-2092370417009900032011-01-13T11:03:11.349-08:002011-01-13T11:03:11.349-08:00I had to consciously stop making myself compare Eo...I had to consciously stop making myself compare EoD to GoA in my review too, otherwise, there would have been a lot more. I just felt the latter had more feeling, compared to the former, which as you've so deftly put it, reads more like a parody of our standard RPGs. It was the perfect "quest" book, adventurers forming a guild, fighting little fights, then fighting bigger and bigger fights, until you get to the scary main boss at the end. <br /><br />The one plot point I just couldn't forgive was when Logan ditches the group at the end. I can see where King wanted to go with that, though the build up between Logan and Jennah was so awkwardly done, I didn't buy his "feelings" for the Queen at all. It almost felt like he WAS indeed spellbound, except the book made it a point multiple times to say he wasn't. It would have worked a lot better if their "relationship" had been developed more as it would have made his departure understandable. As it is now though...I think I told Hunter once that I would have had an easier time buying it if Logan had left for the sake of his dying brother instead.<br /><br />And am I crazy for picturing Caithe popping off heads with stilletto HEELS instead of stilletto KNIVES when I read your last paragraph? I laughed my ass off. Now THAT'S a comic idea I'd take you up on :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com