Comments on: The Blackgloom Bounty http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:01:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Barbara Nance http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-114 Barbara Nance Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:01:28 +0000 http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-114 This book was boring and just couldn't hold my interest, and the prose and characters were flat. Rating: 1 / 5 This book was boring and just couldn’t hold my interest, and the prose and characters were flat.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Lynda. Fitzgerald http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-113 Lynda. Fitzgerald Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:16:36 +0000 http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-113 If you've missed this one, you've missed a winner. Jon Baxley has been nominated for a number of awards for this book. Once you read it, you'll know why. <br /> <br />Well done, Jon! Rating: 5 / 5 If you’ve missed this one, you’ve missed a winner. Jon Baxley has been nominated for a number of awards for this book. Once you read it, you’ll know why.

Well done, Jon!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Reader/author http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-112 Reader/author Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:18:24 +0000 http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-112 Someone else described this novel as Harry Potter for grownups, which is apt enough. The author has created a fun grownup fantasy, with loads of wit. Rating: 4 / 5 Someone else described this novel as Harry Potter for grownups, which is apt enough. The author has created a fun grownup fantasy, with loads of wit.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: T. Goan http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-111 T. Goan Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:58:41 +0000 http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-111 This book has received some amazing reviews and I thought it would be worth a read. Unfortunately the book was a big disappointment. The characters are flat and the author attempts to bring together far too many elements to make this "medieval fantasy" work. Common sword and sorcery themes are played out in ways that are only surprising in their rapidity. Rating: 2 / 5 This book has received some amazing reviews and I thought it would be worth a read. Unfortunately the book was a big disappointment. The characters are flat and the author attempts to bring together far too many elements to make this “medieval fantasy” work. Common sword and sorcery themes are played out in ways that are only surprising in their rapidity.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> By: Karla http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-110 Karla Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:35:14 +0000 http://www.prochoicescotland.org/46-the-blackgloom-bounty.html#comment-110 This book, as the title implies, is very unsatisfying. It really did have a chance to be a good or even a great book. <br /> <br />I don't think it deserves one star like a couple other reviewers gave it, but I don't think it deserves five either. My rating is two and a half stars, but since you can't do a half, it's only two. <br /> <br />More character development and better more fluid prose and this novel could have been really good. Maybe in the sequel the author will have improved, I sure hope so. Rating: 2 / 5 This book, as the title implies, is very unsatisfying. It really did have a chance to be a good or even a great book.

I don’t think it deserves one star like a couple other reviewers gave it, but I don’t think it deserves five either. My rating is two and a half stars, but since you can’t do a half, it’s only two.

More character development and better more fluid prose and this novel could have been really good. Maybe in the sequel the author will have improved, I sure hope so.
Rating: 2 / 5

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