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ofearna's review
5.0
This is the series of books SciFi based their quirky show The Chronicle on...
I wish there'd been more of the books and the show...
re-read 4/25/2010
I wish there'd been more of the books and the show...
re-read 4/25/2010
doomonid's review
3.0
About what I expected. Not spectacular, but fun. If you were enticed by the cover you'll probably enjoy it.
otterno11's review
2.0
Retro Review:
I read this cheesy little paperback some time ago while working in a boring mailroom, after I’d picked it up in at a library book sale. I’d already read the second book in the News from the Edge series, “Insanity, Illinois” back when I was into all sorts of modern conspiracy lore, but here I was mainly interested in the Minnesota setting. Both books were rather innocuous entertainment, super '90s in style, but rather cliche and with little staying power. Each follow St. Louis tabloid reporter-who-pines-for-serious-journalism Savvy McKinnon and her nerdy photographer assistant as they get sent on ludicrous assignments by their overbearing boss. In this case, they get sent to a fictional Minnesota town, which seems to be south of the Twin Cities, to investigate a lake monster. In the Monster of Minnesota in particular, the characters are stereotypical, the plot is rushed, and the setting generic (no real local color), but there are some funny scenes. Also, in each,the "mysterious event" turns out to be explainable, with an edge that maybe something weird really was going on after all.
The funniest thing, though, was the testy little commentary scrawled on the title page of the withdrawn library book by an irate patron, showing that Minnesotans can really be touchy about their geography and easily reduced to sputtering rage- remember, no matter how badly a book misrepresents our state, don't deface a library book, you jerk!!!!
I read this cheesy little paperback some time ago while working in a boring mailroom, after I’d picked it up in at a library book sale. I’d already read the second book in the News from the Edge series, “Insanity, Illinois” back when I was into all sorts of modern conspiracy lore, but here I was mainly interested in the Minnesota setting. Both books were rather innocuous entertainment, super '90s in style, but rather cliche and with little staying power. Each follow St. Louis tabloid reporter-who-pines-for-serious-journalism Savvy McKinnon and her nerdy photographer assistant as they get sent on ludicrous assignments by their overbearing boss. In this case, they get sent to a fictional Minnesota town, which seems to be south of the Twin Cities, to investigate a lake monster. In the Monster of Minnesota in particular, the characters are stereotypical, the plot is rushed, and the setting generic (no real local color), but there are some funny scenes. Also, in each,
The funniest thing, though, was the testy little commentary scrawled on the title page of the withdrawn library book by an irate patron, showing that Minnesotans can really be touchy about their geography and easily reduced to sputtering rage- remember, no matter how badly a book misrepresents our state, don't deface a library book, you jerk!!!!
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