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The Practical Guide To Trying Not To Die (2013)

by Sam Schooler(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

M/M Romance Group @ Goodreads

review 1: ...is it just me or did it kind of cut off instead of actually ending?I mean, deus ex machina aside, it ends with the literary equivalent of a video montage. I mean, video montages are the worst ways to end video games. You come all this way, just to find out there's not more, and the bastards who made it expect you to buy the next one to figure out what all that obscure bullshit they stuffed into this one means. The world's pretty cool. The characters aren't bad. There doesn't seem to be much by way of romance (they seem to act like they're getting together because Fate said so. It seems quite rote.) The way it ended was horrible.Other than that, I guess it wasn't bad.
review 2: This had so much potential but it just didn't get there for me. So much stretched ... morecredibility even after accepting the bizarre premise. The snarky humor and the funny allusions to fantasy and sf books and shows were really great and really made the story for me. Without them, the story wouldn't have been half as good.I loved the idea and hope it would go further than I did. I realize that with the time constraints Schooler had to write it, there was a limit to what he could write. I really hope he tells more of the story. I would definitely read it and I will look for more by the same author. less

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