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So You Want to Be a Villain?
by ErraticErrata
A Practical Guide to Evil #1 started out pretty weak, but ended strong. I love the idea of a world where narrative theory drives events, and I think the way characters like the Black Knight are super well done. It's a very compelling premise.
The writing style feels very amateur-ish, which of course it is, but it really took away from the good things about this novel for me. Catherine, especially at the beginning, doesn't feel like a fleshed out character. She feels very one dimensional.
The final battle that constitutes maybe the last fourth or so of the book is amazing. I really enjoyed that sequence, and the author's prose really shined though.
I've been told that the stakes really grow in following books, and that a lot happens after book 1, which is by far the shortest book in the series. I haven't decided yet if I am going to continue, but I have a lot of reasons to do so; we'll see.
The writing style feels very amateur-ish, which of course it is, but it really took away from the good things about this novel for me. Catherine, especially at the beginning, doesn't feel like a fleshed out character. She feels very one dimensional.
The final battle that constitutes maybe the last fourth or so of the book is amazing. I really enjoyed that sequence, and the author's prose really shined though.
I've been told that the stakes really grow in following books, and that a lot happens after book 1, which is by far the shortest book in the series. I haven't decided yet if I am going to continue, but I have a lot of reasons to do so; we'll see.