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A review by ashleylm
The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff
2.0
Not for me. Gave it a good go (mostly on the basis of I stumbled across the 2nd book in the series) but I will return this one to the electronic ether, and the 2nd will go into my Little Free Library (at least until I have to take it, unread, to recycling, if not snapped up which I fear it will not be).
I have roughly 1,900 books on my "to read" list on Goodreads, about half of which I own. Unless I live to 114 (which is optimistic) half my life is gone, so I'm faster to pull the trigger on books which don't connect with me, and show no signs of doing so (I read Titus Groan after four false starts, but I always knew I'd get there eventually ... but some books, like this, practically conk you over the head with "if you don't like me now, you never will.")
Note: I have written a novel (not yet published), so now I will suffer pangs of guilt every time I offer less than five stars. In my subjective opinion, the stars suggest:
(5* = one of my all-time favourites, 4* = really enjoyed it, 3* = readable but not thrilling, 2* = actually disappointing, and 1* = hated it. As a statistician I know most books are 3s, but I am biased in my selection and end up mostly with 4s, thank goodness.)
I have roughly 1,900 books on my "to read" list on Goodreads, about half of which I own. Unless I live to 114 (which is optimistic) half my life is gone, so I'm faster to pull the trigger on books which don't connect with me, and show no signs of doing so (I read Titus Groan after four false starts, but I always knew I'd get there eventually ... but some books, like this, practically conk you over the head with "if you don't like me now, you never will.")
Note: I have written a novel (not yet published), so now I will suffer pangs of guilt every time I offer less than five stars. In my subjective opinion, the stars suggest:
(5* = one of my all-time favourites, 4* = really enjoyed it, 3* = readable but not thrilling, 2* = actually disappointing, and 1* = hated it. As a statistician I know most books are 3s, but I am biased in my selection and end up mostly with 4s, thank goodness.)