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A review by chickienuggies
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison
2.0
+2 points for toad mention
+2 points for "papyrus man"
- 2.5 points for being confusing and losing me.
1.5/5 stars. I didn't like the plot, the style or the characters. I was really hooked at the beginning which is rare, with the whole backstory of Sterog. But it just completely lost me starting at the paragraph about the Crosswhen. There's just a dragon, two random guys with no personality, some painting and a draining or whatever but it just all felt like middling mumbo jumbo that only vaguely resembled a coherent plot. I get the whole concept now, and there's probably something more that can be taken from this story, but it didn't motivate me to figure it out. It seemed like way too much of a hassle and I didn't think it'd be worth the effort. It do be... different. And weird. But that does not make me think it's good.
+2 points for "papyrus man"
- 2.5 points for being confusing and losing me.
1.5/5 stars. I didn't like the plot, the style or the characters. I was really hooked at the beginning which is rare, with the whole backstory of Sterog. But it just completely lost me starting at the paragraph about the Crosswhen. There's just a dragon, two random guys with no personality, some painting and a draining or whatever but it just all felt like middling mumbo jumbo that only vaguely resembled a coherent plot. I get the whole concept now, and there's probably something more that can be taken from this story, but it didn't motivate me to figure it out. It seemed like way too much of a hassle and I didn't think it'd be worth the effort. It do be... different. And weird. But that does not make me think it's good.