Really, LKH?

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Okay, so I checked LKH's Ravenloft book out of the library.

I know, I know, but I had about 10 minutes, really needed a book, couldn't find my first 60 choices, and it was right there, staring me in the face. So I'm reading along, and it's pretty bad, but I think par for the course for a DnD tie-in? I dunno, I don't have much experience with them.

For those of you not familiar with the Ravenloft concept, it seems to be a fantasy world where there's magic and wizards and evil vampire things and monsters and stuff, and the Very Nature of Magic is Bad Bad Bad. The main character is a young girl named Elaine with Special Spooky Powerful Powers. Like I said, it was pretty crappy, but marginally readable... until I get to page 178, and this little gem of a chapter closer:

"A house divided upon itself cannot stand. Elaine couldn't remember who had said that. She hoped that whoever it was was wrong."

*HEADDESK*

Seriously, y'all. It's only, like, the most famous presidential speech ever in the history of ever - a presidential speech which I do *not* believe took place in Ravenloft. And yeah, okay, Jesus said it first, but I don't think he's a character in the Ravenloft universe either.

(*headdeskx2*)

Also - and this was a minor irritation, comparatively - she hyphenates "thank you" throughout the novel. As in, "thank-you."

Really? Really, LKH? Really?

Comments

[catskin.livejournal.com]

I noticed a copy of her "Death of a Darklord" book in my Forbidden Planet the other day and was tempted on the basis that it was written waaaaaaaaay before Anita came along and spunked all over everything and therefore was unlikely to be loaded with tedious sex and wangst about tedious sex.

Anyone read it, before I hand over any more of my money to LKH?

[catskin.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm an idiot. I didn't realise Ravenloft and Death of a Darklord are one and the same. *slaps self* Feel free to point and laugh.

[brandiweed.livejournal.com]

I think they're reprinting Death of a Darklord to go with the updated reissue of the vintage Castle Ravenloft adventure.

Why they didn't pick I, Strahd, which is supposed to be one of the best of the Ravenloft tie-in novels, is beyond me.