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simplyfrancois's review against another edition
1.0
That was really merde.
I remembered the first book in the series as somewhat amusing so I was disappointed that this iteration fell so flat. Same linguistic misunderstandings, more incomprehension of local administration, good old French protectionism.
Clarke writes well but confuses writing a lot with developing a story: characters are not interesting, their quests are banal, so they end up in situations created only to provide jokes or bilingual punchlines.
Time to put the Merde to rest.
I remembered the first book in the series as somewhat amusing so I was disappointed that this iteration fell so flat. Same linguistic misunderstandings, more incomprehension of local administration, good old French protectionism.
Clarke writes well but confuses writing a lot with developing a story: characters are not interesting, their quests are banal, so they end up in situations created only to provide jokes or bilingual punchlines.
Time to put the Merde to rest.
go_jan's review against another edition
4.0
Clarke definitely picked up his game after the previous two books which I had enjoyed a bit less - a barrel-full of laughs which I devoured in two days!
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