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Title: What happened?
Review: It seems like Piers' Xanth series is getting worse by the book. Although Harpy Thyme was well conceived, Geis of the Gargoyle put him back in the slump that Demons Don't Dream left him in. This one is worse. The puns are getting old, which is bad, because Xanth is made out of puns. Metria's character is represented well, but that's about the only interesting part of this book. The rest of it is all inane drivel. It seems like he typed this book with a really bad hangover. He is also forgetting a lot of what made his older books, from Spell for Chameleon to Isle of View, so enchanting; thier realism. There were real relationships and tragedies and all that, and in this book, everything is so plastic and perfect. There are a lot of loose plot ends. I haven't read Yon Ill wind yet tho, and I've heard it's a lot better than this one. I hope so
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