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Title: lamentable dud- borrow before you buy
Review: I must not have read the reader profiles, or missed what was between the lines. This is one tedious book- be warned. In poking fun at her prissy characters the writer talks down all the time to the readers. The supposed parody of regency brit class system and manners is without original humor, very broad and superficial, unforgivably it is also very boring..The tale is purportedly about a magician in the times of Napoleon, winning the war for the brits by creating illusions such as a blockade or some such humbug- all without inciting too much emotion in England, to show the phlegmatic nature I suppose..It's like Harry Potter extra lite ..ie without the JK Rawlins talent, so sinks rapidly.The author paints the magicians as dreary,buffoonish petty characters and now 2/3 of the way into the book it's a dreary uninteresting NOT WELL WRITTEN read. You are warned! I will soon be donating my copy, check one out before you click on buy!!
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