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Fifteen hundred years have passed and the Holy Grail is still missing, presumed ineffable. The knights have dumped the quest and now deliver pizzas, while the sinister financial services of the lost kingdom of Atlantis threatens the universe with fiscal Armageddon.
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LibraryThing member Imrahil2001
This was tedious. Too many characters, no characterization at all to speak of, and the humor was middle-school at best. This isn't to say that it was especially juvenile, more that it wasn't very clever or original.
You might say that Douglas Adams' characterization is shallow, but at least you can
It's pretty much just a colossal waste of time. I've read two others by Holt--Who's Afraid of Beowulf? and Flying Dutch, and both were better, but not too much better. I'm beginning to think he's just not a very gifted writer, and needs to take a lot more time working through his stories to make them work as stories first before he tries to make them "funny."
You might say that Douglas Adams' characterization is shallow, but at least you can
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differentiate the characters from one another, and besides--Adams had something to say, and a way with words. This has no real thrust, no point, and the prose is largely bland.It's pretty much just a colossal waste of time. I've read two others by Holt--Who's Afraid of Beowulf? and Flying Dutch, and both were better, but not too much better. I'm beginning to think he's just not a very gifted writer, and needs to take a lot more time working through his stories to make them work as stories first before he tries to make them "funny."
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LibraryThing member hanque
A typical Tom Holt book: hilarious and off-the-wall. Not for readers who want a straight-forward plot and story. Holt's story takes a number of devilish turns. One of the characters is a count who has been cursed by having to deliver toys to all the kids in the world one night a year.
LibraryThing member Fiddleback_
A tragic tale of laughs.