Willful Child
by Steven Erikson
science fiction, humour
copyright 2014
read in June 2016
rated 6/10: read to pass the time
I'm sure that Erikson had a lot of fun writing this book. I had a few chuckles while reading the book. It's a very juvenile level of humour. The simple plot is a good match. The ending has as much relevance to the story as I would expect: very little.
Yes, it's fun to read. Not much else I can say. Except:
I hope that the "twist" in the ending is not an indicator of a follow-up book.
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Oh, wait, a couple more things to say:
Yes, it's nice to know that the author sees the world going downhill. That he sees bad news in consumer and leader stupidity. There's no need to push the line quite so hard.
And then, there's that irrelevant ending...
We meet a bloke called Harry Mitts. He's the grandfather of the hero of this book. This is part of the "twist" at the end of the book.
Way back at the start of the book we met Harry Sawback. Mitts? Sawback? Am I confused? Or has the author forgotten how the story started?! Then there's the boy, Harry's son, in the prelude. At the end of the book he appears to have morphed into Harry's grandson.
There's a distinct lack of continuity. Or, perhaps, simply a bit of illogical nonsense. Either way, it doesn't help the story. Not at all.
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Dr Nick Lethbridge / Agamedes Consulting
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