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?

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[rantingmule.livejournal.com]

I know. O.O My aunt got me the ENTIRE SERIES as a gift once. I got about three chapters into the first book and had to stop. I could actually hear the ragged, horrified screams of my brain cells dying one by one.

Also...wasn't the Bad Thing named something very similar to "Satan?" :P

[dwg.livejournal.com]

...mercifully, I can't remember. I do remember having the biggest crush on Lan, though. And Lanfear was awesome before she got stupid and so easily defeated. *headdesk* WTF? SHE WAS A GREAT FEMME FATALE AND JORDAN MADE HER DUMBR! *sets fire to things*

I'm never reading those books, ever again.