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Lost At The Con (2011)

by Bryan Young(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0615489494 (ISBN13: 9780615489490)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Shinebox Digital Publishing

review 1: Wow. This book has a lot of adverbs.And it is immature. And preachy. As if a teenage neck-beard in training was laying out his fantasy of telling off all the plebs who dared annoy him with their presence. We all know the type, the “I’m such a tortured intellectual and no one gets me.” That was this book. But maybe he can redeem himself with the ending…Nope! Last chapter, though the shortest, might've been the most pretentious of all!
review 2: I found out after I read this book that it was an homage to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. And it really is Fear and Loathing at DragonCon - er, GriffinCon. Those readers who are familiar with DragonCon will recognize its fictional counterpart instantly. I loved all the little in jokes. But those who have neve... morer been to a Con, let alone this Con, will not be lost. Though the book has lots of familiar sites for those who know, they are subtle and don't overshadow the story, which is that of an outsider's complete scorn for Cons and Con-goers. Until he realizes that he's not so different than they are.It was a little hard for me to have the main character be such a (self-proclaimed) jerk - but it is nice to see the character learn something from his experience at the 11th hour. There was one scene that I thought undercut this growth and made the main character no better than the people he stands up to, but since I've learned that it is part of the Fear and Loathing homage, I can understand why it is there.And entertaining read with clever prose. Also, Space Lincoln FTW. less

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