Sean Randall reviewed The Woad to Wuin by Peter David
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3 stars
the opening of this book made me think a lot of the whit, humour and snazzy repartee was missing; for that reason I didn't seem to get on with it as well as the first title. Perhaps because of this lack of laughs the puns seemed to worsen and the omnipresent caricatures grated a little. nevertheless it was interesting to read the further adventures of Apropos. I'm slightly saddened that Isteria and its folks didn't make more of an appearance - I thought that King Runcible, Queen Bea and Princess Entipy were characters that could have gone further. of all the characters present in Sir Apropos of Nothing, Sharee and Meander were the ones I liked least, and of course they predominate in this volume.
I'm therefore not overly impressed, and am hoping that when I read the third and final volume, that my confidence (or at least the fun …
the opening of this book made me think a lot of the whit, humour and snazzy repartee was missing; for that reason I didn't seem to get on with it as well as the first title. Perhaps because of this lack of laughs the puns seemed to worsen and the omnipresent caricatures grated a little. nevertheless it was interesting to read the further adventures of Apropos. I'm slightly saddened that Isteria and its folks didn't make more of an appearance - I thought that King Runcible, Queen Bea and Princess Entipy were characters that could have gone further. of all the characters present in Sir Apropos of Nothing, Sharee and Meander were the ones I liked least, and of course they predominate in this volume.
I'm therefore not overly impressed, and am hoping that when I read the third and final volume, that my confidence (or at least the fun factor) is put back into the parlance.