tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401276.post2341565374527494446..comments2023-09-23T07:23:46.408-06:00Comments on cucullus non facit monachum: Review - The Gypsy MorphOkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393689307300304035noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401276.post-79344133737230597582011-09-02T10:11:46.715-06:002011-09-02T10:11:46.715-06:00Yeah...there were definitely a lot of cliched sequ...Yeah...there were definitely a lot of cliched sequences.<br /><br />I think I accepted these tropes and moved on partly because, for better or worse, I am a Brooks fan-boy and so I give him perhaps more leniency than I might give to other authors. Sometimes it's hard because I acknowledge that a lot of his books have 'cookie-cutter' story arcs, even feeling very similar to other Brooks books, but I have a huge nostalgia that keeps me coming back and enjoying them.<br /><br />I'm a little anxious now about <i>Black Staff</i> but hopefully I'll get through it over coming weeks and let you know what I think. :)Okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393689307300304035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401276.post-71134982968273866392011-09-02T09:27:44.928-06:002011-09-02T09:27:44.928-06:00This was probably my least favorite of the Shannar...This was probably my least favorite of the <b>Shannara</b> series books. It had too much cliched fantasy elements for my liking, or maybe it's just that apocalyptic fiction is too popular now. Whatever the case, I think Brooks did an okay job on bridging the <b>Word & Void</b> books with the <b>Shannara</b> books, but I wonder if this was his plan all along?<br /><br />I hope you enjoy <i>Bearers of the Black Staff</i> more than I did. I think it's my least favorite Brooks book to date.logankstewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12269634215857320344noreply@blogger.com