Title: Too much cliché, not enough funny
Product review: I like well written fantasy, and I loves me some biting comedy. I had very high hopes for 'The Tough Guide' as I figured it would scratch both itches, giving me a chance to cleanse the ol' literary palate before I moved on to a different genre.Sadly, I discovered that the wit was alltogether few and far between. Yes, the book does go on about various clichés that show up in a goodly portion of fantasy literature; the only problem with this is it was like having someone point to the screen during a showing of an Indiana Jones movie and tell you about the various pulp clichés - you either already know about them and thus just want the person to shut up so you can watch the movie, or you don't care in which case you just want the person to shut up so you can watch the movie.There were a couple of caustic bits that did have me giggle; three of them, now that I think about it.Funny books really need to be funnier than that.
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