halfway through Fool

[wasabi_poptart]

There's something about Christopher Moore that's just too, I dunno ... too glib. Too clever. Like when you get among a crowd of geeks all trying too hard to be all witty and smarmy and it becomes a contest to see who can cram the most Monty Python and Black Adder references into a single sentence and it's just fecking annoying. Like it would be so much more enjoyable if it didn't seem so forced, so much like a performance.

I'm not saying it's not entertaining, just that it would be a heckuva lot more charming if it wasn't trying so hard.

(Maybe I probably shouldn't have picked up another book so hard on the heels of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; it's going to be a while before I come down from that one.)

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[illusiongrl.livejournal.com]

aw damn, I was worried about that. Only three of his books don't come off like that, as far as I'm concerned: Lamb, A Dirty Job, and Coyote Blue. Still, like any geeky friend trying too hard to be clever, I adore him anyway because he makes me laugh, even if he's not entirely relaxed. Maybe I'll wait for paperback, though.