[nesfa-reading-group] Jack of Shadows

[Rebecca DeVendra]

Hi all,

I won't make it tonight either, it turns out. I'll be home very late due to
my son's school activities (he started Kindergarten last month).

I did read Jack of Shadows. I think Wes' assessment is accurate. I'd only
add that the plot seemed lazy to me...lots of things happen, and things are
solved employing the deus ex machina. I liked Zelazny 's other book we read
about Jack (Night in the Lonesome October.) That was brilliant, so Jack of
Shadows was a bit of a letdown for me overall.

Kowal's "For Want of a Nail" was very good. I'll talk to all of you about
it in November! :)

On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Wes Brodsky <wesbrodsky at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello Everybody;
>
> I will be visiting my sister in NY this weekend, so will not be at the
> reading group Friday or at the special media day Sunday. I did read Jack of
> Shadows. I thought it was an entertaining book, but it seemed a bit too
> "juvenile" for my taste.
>
> Wes
>
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Becky DeVendra

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