tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post5957244439644607097..comments2024-03-28T08:39:25.069+00:00Comments on Aiee! Run From Kelvin's Brainsplurge!: Un Pot Terthekelvingreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post-22696761958760249922008-04-18T17:38:00.000+01:002008-04-18T17:38:00.000+01:00I don't like the hype, no, because there are far m...I don't like the hype, no, because there are far more deserving books out there.<BR/><BR/>But I also don't like the books, because they're trashy nonsense and they make no sense.<BR/><BR/>Now, they do have jaunty plots, but that's not enough to actually make them "good".thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post-17988065524392968272008-04-18T17:32:00.000+01:002008-04-18T17:32:00.000+01:00Coming from you, I assume that "having no joy in m...Coming from you, I assume that "having no joy in my soul" is actually a very strong compliment, so thank you kindly. <BR/><BR/>Yes, I like Harry Potter, but I am reasonable enough to like something for its good qualities, assuming they outweigh the bad ones, which is true in that case. I had to reread a couple of HPs from the earlier years on the train from Vienna to Venice, since those were theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post-39093004427876330732008-04-18T17:20:00.000+01:002008-04-18T17:20:00.000+01:00Unfortunately your opinion doesn't matter because ...Unfortunately your opinion doesn't matter because (a) you have no joy in your soul, and (b) you like the <B>Potter</B> atrocities, so clearly you have nothing approaching taste.<BR/><BR/>My point stands.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566379.post-81407487773894520282008-04-18T14:07:00.000+01:002008-04-18T14:07:00.000+01:00Sorry to disagree, Kelvin, but I've made it throug...Sorry to disagree, Kelvin, but I've made it through about 150 pages of this book and I think I have to stop. If the wink-wink-nudge-nudge-silly-spelling punny names weren't bad enough (Klinneract, anyone? Gag. Pun NOT intended, unlike on every page of this book) I can not get excited about a book that throws seventy five silly characters at you in five seconds and expects you to care about them Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com