[Dragaera] Dzur reactions (SPOILERS, dammit)

[Johne Cook]

I guess someone has to go first.  It pains me to say this, but I'm a
fan, not a family member.  I'd rather be honest than fawning, not that
that will do me any favors, and there is no one who I respect who has
been kinder to me, to the fans, than Steve.

I was disappointed.  After tearing through Dzur in 24 hours, I was
hoping we were gearing up for something really stunning.  Instead, it
read like a reunion followed by a clever Mexican stand-off where
nothing of genuine important was resolved.  It felt like the smartest
deferral in literary history.  Perhaps I will feel differently after a
more measured reading.

I have been around since Jarhead and am my own bit of rabid, but try
this for yourself and see if it has the sort of punch that you expect:

"In which Vlad buys some people some time."

I'm probably missing something.

Bloodless climaxes may be all the rage in diplomacy, but I was sort of
yearning for something... else.  Put it this way - when Mal Reynolds
says "I aim to misbehave," he really does, and maybe that's coloring
my impression.

I will say that I have never wanted to visit any one place as much as
I want to visit Valabar's.  Take /that/, Calahan's!  So that's
something, anyway.

Anyway, no offense, mea culpa, imho, ymmv.
-- 
johne cook - wisconsin, usa
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