Title: Groan
Product review: Michael Gruber's genius is sorely missed.I've read every one of the books in this series, but this is the last one unless I see an acknowledgment to Mr. Gruber in the next one.Memo to Mr. Tanenbaum: Too many sentences starting with "However". That's a stylistic no-no. Too many characters purring, pouting, lamenting, sulking, growling, hissing, grousing, grumping, sniffing their words. Just have them say or ask the dialog. Too many chortles. One does not "pour" over maps. It's a murder of _crows_, not cows. Here's Guma after someone insults him: "'Hey, I resemble that,' Guma lamented." Way lame.The characters aren't even in character in this book. They just aren't the same people.The hoax may be on us. Some of us got conned into buying this book. If this had been the first one in the series, I would never have bought the second.
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