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Review by lacaracara -- That Guy What Kill Topsy
[Following is a volunteer review of "That Guy What Kill Topsy" by Peter Wood Cotterill.]
This review is for That Guy What Kill Topsy, by Peter Wood Cotterill. I rate this book 1 out of 4 stars.
I very much wanted to like this book. It's a collection of short stories, and the summary made them sound compelling. Unfortunately, they weren't.
To be fair, I may not be the target audience for these stories. They feel as though they're trying hard to be clever or modern, rather like Andy Warhol's works (which I also don't enjoy). If that's your niche, then download this book immediately!
Every story but one ends abruptly, with no discernible conclusion. It's as though the author simply stopped writing and moved on to the next story. Some of them don't even seem to be about anything in particular. One is a dull conversation between two remarkably dull women about an event which could be interesting but is somehow also dull, somewhat like how history textbooks recount historical events, such that they cease to be events at all. Another contains a lecherous vicar who in the end turns out to be notable only because of his blandness. In another a character encounters an astounding series of misfortunes only to shake them all off with a witless smile just before the door slams on his story.
Storytelling must contain at least one of three things: ordinary characters in extraordinary circumstances (Tony Stark being kidnapped by terrorists, for example); extraordinary characters in ordinary circumstances (Thor drinking coffee for the first time, for example); or extraordinary characters in extraordinary circumstances (basically everything else in any Avengers film). These characters truly are extra ordinary - indeed, I'm not certain I've ever met a live human as dull as the folks who populate these pages. A genuinely interesting character does occasionally appear, but they are invariably given an abrupt end with no wrap-up.
The proofreading is average, with a number of common errors slipping through, notably "standout" in place of "stand out", "anyone" in place of "any one", as well as punctuation difficulties. Most glaring is a passage which appears to require one of the characters to have more than the usual two hands - his left hand is evidently in two places at once.
There is a smattering of profanity, mostly of the "F" variety, and most condensed in "I Heart Rhinos", where it is used in an attempt to make The Girl sound more "street", I suppose.
I wanted to like this book, but literally nothing happens, and even when something does happen, nothing happens. I was really disappointed.
******
That Guy What Kill Topsy
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This review is for That Guy What Kill Topsy, by Peter Wood Cotterill. I rate this book 1 out of 4 stars.
I very much wanted to like this book. It's a collection of short stories, and the summary made them sound compelling. Unfortunately, they weren't.
To be fair, I may not be the target audience for these stories. They feel as though they're trying hard to be clever or modern, rather like Andy Warhol's works (which I also don't enjoy). If that's your niche, then download this book immediately!
Every story but one ends abruptly, with no discernible conclusion. It's as though the author simply stopped writing and moved on to the next story. Some of them don't even seem to be about anything in particular. One is a dull conversation between two remarkably dull women about an event which could be interesting but is somehow also dull, somewhat like how history textbooks recount historical events, such that they cease to be events at all. Another contains a lecherous vicar who in the end turns out to be notable only because of his blandness. In another a character encounters an astounding series of misfortunes only to shake them all off with a witless smile just before the door slams on his story.
Storytelling must contain at least one of three things: ordinary characters in extraordinary circumstances (Tony Stark being kidnapped by terrorists, for example); extraordinary characters in ordinary circumstances (Thor drinking coffee for the first time, for example); or extraordinary characters in extraordinary circumstances (basically everything else in any Avengers film). These characters truly are extra ordinary - indeed, I'm not certain I've ever met a live human as dull as the folks who populate these pages. A genuinely interesting character does occasionally appear, but they are invariably given an abrupt end with no wrap-up.
The proofreading is average, with a number of common errors slipping through, notably "standout" in place of "stand out", "anyone" in place of "any one", as well as punctuation difficulties. Most glaring is a passage which appears to require one of the characters to have more than the usual two hands - his left hand is evidently in two places at once.
There is a smattering of profanity, mostly of the "F" variety, and most condensed in "I Heart Rhinos", where it is used in an attempt to make The Girl sound more "street", I suppose.
I wanted to like this book, but literally nothing happens, and even when something does happen, nothing happens. I was really disappointed.
******
That Guy What Kill Topsy
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Latest Review: That Guy What Kill Topsy by Peter Wood Cotterill
