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What a way for a series to self-destruct. Fumino showed a tremendous amount of promise, swinging away at a plot that seemed baked, cut, dried and hardened in the minds of many fans of the series. Ultimately, he may have pushed to hard to go somewhere with his plot and do something important. When the teenage cast of Evangelion becomes adults, the shark has been jumped, and the series falls into a bunch of episodes of "Touched by an Angel" before just stopping.
Was there a lack of confidence in his own abilities, or was Fumino just put in charge of something too big for himself... I'm not sure. What I do know is that I've seen plenty of authors jump sharks, then completely change the plot so the shark isn't all that relevant after all (see Battle Angel Alita for an almost chapterly rendition of this trick). All Fumino needed to do is create a next generation of Eva pilots, give the first generation new jobs, and keep plugging. I just hope he was blocked by Gainax from doing anything really messy, and not himself. ]]>
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Oof. This book rates somewhere between the low twos to the mid fours depending on what chapter your in. I suppose it's my hatred of media frenzies in general that made the whole book difficult to read. After all, the actual important history of Custer's Last Stand was it's effect on America and its culture. The fact that Custer dies and Sitting Bull lives is really only important to the speculative fiction crowd.
I know it isn't fair to blame the author for a history that I just can't find fascinating. It's just... well he's just too much of a historian for me, and not enough of a circus barker. The story is told with perfect pitch from beginning to end, but I'm a 'throw the paint against the canvas' sort of guy. If I just wanted fact, I could go to Wikipedia (and yes, I understand the failures of that statement). This book just feels like a bad novel: starting with no particular goal, reaching a zigzag crescendo of action, then petering out into nothing toward the end. ]]>
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John-Michael
took the never-ending book quiz.
| questions answered: | 124 |
| correct: | 98 (79.0%) |
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| best streak: | 8 |
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