Jurjen
Much like all DCC books before it, this was quite a lot of fun. I will say that this is the first book in the series in a while where there are cracks showing.
As it has been for the last 3-4 books, the meta-narrative part of the story is the most fun and engaging, though the scope of the plot, and all the elements that play a part in it, is kind of starting to balloon. I appreciate the story growing more complex, but there are absolute growing pains. The humour is a bit hit or miss with Dinniman. I thought it was mostly a miss in Operation Bounce House, and it's generally always a miss with Samantha (who, unfortunately, is Dinniman's favourite character to write [she is my least favourite character to read]), though Donut, Prepotente, and now Penny as well are hits.
I think overall this was one of the weaker floors in the series, and the first 75% of the story was some of the weaker DCC stuff because of it, but the ending was very strong.
Overall I did definitely enjoy it, but I hope that this book isn't a sign of the series going in a bad direction.
Much like all DCC books before it, this was quite a lot of fun. I will say that this is the first book in the series in a while where there are cracks showing.
As it has been for the last 3-4 books, the meta-narrative part of the story is the most fun and engaging, though the scope of the plot, and all the elements that play a part in it, is kind of starting to balloon. I appreciate the story growing more complex, but there are absolute growing pains. The humour is a bit hit or miss with Dinniman. I thought it was mostly a miss in Operation Bounce House, and it's generally always a miss with Samantha (who, unfortunately, is Dinniman's favourite character to write [she is my least favourite character to read]), though Donut, Prepotente, and now Penny as well are hits.
I think overall this was one of the weaker floors in the series, and the first 75% of the story was some of the weaker DCC stuff because of it, but the ending was very strong.
Overall I did definitely enjoy it, but I hope that this book isn't a sign of the series going in a bad direction.
