Really, LKH?
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lkh_lashoutsOkay, 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?
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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Date: 2006-10-06 06:04 pm (UTC)In defence of editors, this is not always so. With a series like Ravenloft, probably: LKH didn't have the status yet. But still, she probably got a chance to have a second look before it went to print. Besides, she's the writer. She saw it FIRST. She should have made her manuscript as flawless as possible before sending it out.