PRO reviews?

[easol.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm a bit curious -- what kind of professional reviews does LKH get? As in, from newspapers, genre mags, zines?

I know amazon (which often doesn't mirror the pro tastes) is basically filled with A) snarkers, B) troos, and C) people who consider this literary baloney on white bread, and read it because they aren't too demanding.

So has anyone seen professional reviews for LKH's books, and do they tend to be positive, "hateful" or sort of middle-of-the-road? (Particularly in St. Louis?)

(PS, on a slightly OT note, the ghastly "Talia Gryphon" is coming out with a sequel to that ghastly book)

Comments

[ex-naomi-ja.livejournal.com]

From glancing at Amazon reviews, it seems to me like the same blurbs are being used over and over again on the new books. Diana Gabaldon's comment about LKH's "fertile imagination" seems to be a reoccuring one, as does one that says "LKH keeps getting better and better." Not sure who/where that's from though.

How bad is Talia Gryphon's book, seriously? I keep thinking it might so-bad-it's-fun, like Sunny's books and that tempts me to read it.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

The "better and better" quote is from the St Louis Post-Dispatch. I guess they figure they ought to support the hometown girl. That or they wrote the quote ten years ago and Team LKH has been recycling it for every new book.

[missamii.livejournal.com]

How bad? Gryphon makes Sunny look like Tolstoy. For an example of what you are in for: 1) on the first page, she calls an Opel and Opal (editing provided by Darla Cook) 2) Point of view may switch up to three times on a single page 3) the bad guy is Count Dracula 4) Dracula sends evil henchmen to jump out of the backseat of Key's car and yell "Boo!"

That doesn't even begin to cover the comedic value found in that book. I, for one, am eagerly awaiting the sequel to her literary monstrosity even as I hope that someone at ACE lost their job over her.

[lyndenlaura.livejournal.com]

I LARP with a friend of hers who has read the next book. Gilian becomes a sex therapist for the Phantom of the Opera. As much as I hated the last book, I'm with you Amii on getting this one for total comedic value.

[missamii.livejournal.com]

You kid? You kid, right? I hope heads rolled over signing on this hack at ACE. Hahahhahaha. This is going to be funny. When is this thing coming out?