[Dragaera] Jhegaala - Basically Insignificant Spoilers

[Louis Eastman]

This one kind of depressed me, I've got to say.

On 7/8/08, Ken Koester <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov> wrote:
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> Vincent J. Cisneros wrote:
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> Woohoo - Mine too ! ! ! ! !
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>> Went out to Borders yesterday at lunch, nabbed it, read it.  (Now when's
> the next one? (-: )
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> What I like most is how this Vlad isn't quite the same one as the one we've
> been seeing in =Dzur= & =Issola=.  I would think getting the nuances of
> character right as you jump around the time line & the character evolves to
> be a hard writing job, but this one strikes me as taking just the right tone
> & showing the right Vlad.  Well done!
>
> Now for the basically insignificant spoilers:
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> I found myself trying to figure out what Burz reminded me of & found myself
> reaching for Poisonville in, um, =Red Harvest= w/ Hammett's Continental Op.
>  Dunno why, exactly; just had a similar flavor, small town, corruption,
> mysterious history & you can't trust anyone.  Been a while since I've read
> it, so it could be all wrong:  it was just a stray memory impression.
>  Vlad's solving the mystery in, um, unique posture is a nice touch.
>
> However, what really intrigued me was trying to figure out what the chapter
> headings reminded me of.  I was holding out for Tuppence and Tommy, then
> Lord Peter & Lady Harriet, but finally plumped for Nick and Nora Charles.
> And I'd *really* like to read/see performed the play, now!  Sounds like it
> would be a hoot (-:
>
> Snarkhunter
>
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