Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Monster Town - Perspective - Logan Savile

Ok, i'm just popping back in on this one because people have interpreted my review of Monster Town as being negative, which would be fine if that was what I meant for them to do. This is a good book. It is not everything I would have had it be but I have ordered my signed limited edition copy at $65 +P&P and have happily paid that, in spite of already having a proof. That is the most I have ever paid for a book but about $35 +P&P. Does that put my comments into perspective a little? At that price I am inclined to be tougher on this book than on others, I was pulling out every little niggle, which regular readers will know I don't always do.

I just wanted to say, in fairness folks, it's really good fun and delivers on entertainment. I am just being grumpy because I wanted them to write a longer novel, I like Enron and want him developed further and I want to spend more time in Monster Town. I want time to really explore the themes they started to move into, defining a monster, revenge, forgiveness, there were so many issues that this novella started to lead down that a novel could have really got into.

Just needed to straighten that up a bit, now go and re read the review with all that in mind, because y'know, what I wanted you all to take away from it was "this needs a novel! or a graphic novel! or both and it's own TV series!". K? Good.

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