lynne's review
The Good Fairies of New York
by Martin Millar
lynne's review
The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar
lynne's review
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2008
If this were ever made into a movie (and with all the cgi technology out there today, why hasn't it yet??), I'd probably really really like it. As a book, however, it was rather chaotic and exhausting, despite the humor.
Maybe I just didn't relate to the Ramones and other punk rock groups and how their guitar solos seem to be / are punkified versions of Scottish and Irish traditional tunes?
It's a good story, but I had to take it a few chapters at a time, stretched over a period of two weeks. Compare that to my consuming books that hook me within 24 hours or so.
So yeah, pick this up, by all means, but be prepared to be exhausted.
And why *I* picked this up? It had an into by Neil Gaiman, and it was a majorly gushing intro too. Harrumph! :p
Maybe I just didn't relate to the Ramones and other punk rock groups and how their guitar solos seem to be / are punkified versions of Scottish and Irish traditional tunes?
It's a good story, but I had to take it a few chapters at a time, stretched over a period of two weeks. Compare that to my consuming books that hook me within 24 hours or so.
So yeah, pick this up, by all means, but be prepared to be exhausted.
And why *I* picked this up? It had an into by Neil Gaiman, and it was a majorly gushing intro too. Harrumph! :p
