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Summary: I was disapointed about this book
Review: I think that this book takes away from the other MYTH books. It was more of a love story than an acton book. It had almost no point to it because Skeeve never decided who he was in love with. And Gleep said Skeeve as soon as it got shot with an arrow, why couldn't he talkin any of the other books. So if you like the MYTH series skip this book.
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Summary: A Real Mystery Myth
Review: I think this book was one of the best books I've read. It was very mysterious why Skeeve had a drinking problem and what happened to Gleep. This book had excitement,stamina,good thinking and was at times hysterical! There is one problem.... where is Something M.Y.T.H. Inc? Robert? Are you listening? I am a real big fan, and I bet everyone is waiting for the next book. Anyway, overall, I enjoyed reading it. The words were descriptive. It made me want to keep reading so I finished it one day. This was one of your best Myth ever!
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Summary: The worst of the 10 Myth books
Review: If you've read other books in Robert Asprin's Myth Series, you've come to expect a mix of goofy action and humor. This book has neither.
The book begins when Skeeve, the narrator through most of the series, is given this choice: marry Queen Hemlock (previously established as a ruthless dictator) or be forced to become king during a severe economic downturn. The choice is offered by the Queen herself, which makes the premise all the more ludicrous.
The story consists primarily of every character in the Myth Universe offering their opinions of marriage and love to Skeeve. In truth, it reads like a thinly disguised statement of the author's philosophy. None of the characters have any identity, and seem to be used as the mouthpieces for the author's diary. The entire story is flat, and rendered irrelevant in the end.
If you've never read any of the Myth series, don't start with this one. It is an amusing and well-written series that has taken a serious nose-dive with this book.
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: it's funny, it's madding but it's great. It's the first book I have read by this author and cannot wait to read his other works.
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Summary: Sweet Myth-tery of Life
Review: Just what you'd expect from the crew. Skeeve's called in to help stop Hemlock from taking over, and she wants him (even if its just for show). this is one lesson that the great pervert ... er pervect hasn't included in the lesson's of life. the puns continue in true monty python fasion. great book
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Summary: DON'T READ THIS BOOK UNTIL THERE IS A SEQUEL!
Review: Let me start off my review by saying that this is the first and only book in the MYTH series that I've read, as well as the first and only book by Robert Asprin that I've read. The MYTH series was always highly recommended to me, but my local bookseller didn't have any of them, so I waited for the next installment so that I could sample it and see if the rest of the books were worth tracking down. Well, from reading the reviews on this page, it seems I jumped in on a bad installment, when the series was losing its luster and the author was losing interest. That is not to say that what I read was not at all good. In fact, I thought it was very funny and very well written. However, as a complete novel... well, it just isn't. It seems that the whole purpose of having Skeeve debate whom to love or not to love came up as the result of a situation that had something to do with marrying Queen Hemlock, which I assume was a major plot point begun in the previous installment. Well, the situation was never resolved, so this book accomplishes nothing at all in terms of advancing the series. The only advancement to speak of comes at the end when something happens to Skeeve's dragon, Gleep, who seems to be able to talk now. There were hints all along that there was something up with the dragon, but the ending still came very suddenly. The good thing is, it left me wanting more. The bad thing is that, so far, there is no more. The new book, if there ever will be one, isn't out yet. It seems like this series is a lot of fun. A shame that my first impression of it had to be a poorly-crafted installment of it. If you're a follower/fan of the series, you'll probably love the book and should read it (I had fun with it even though I had no idea what was going on). Still, in and of itself, there's not much to it.
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Summary: myth-representation
Review: Let me start off my review by saying that this is the first and only book in the MYTH series that I've read, as well as the first and only book by Robert Asprin that I've read. The MYTH series was always highly recommended to me, but my local bookseller didn't have any of them, so I waited for the next installment so that I could sample it and see if the rest of the books were worth tracking down. Well, from reading the reviews on this page, it seems I jumped in on a bad installment, when the series was losing its luster and the author was losing interest. That is not to say that what I read was not at all good. In fact, I thought it was very funny and very well written. However, as a complete novel... well, it just isn't. It seems that the whole purpose of having Skeeve debate whom to love or not to love came up as the result of a situation that had something to do with marrying Queen Hemlock, which I assume was a major plot point begun in the previous installment. Well, the situation was never resolved, so this book accomplishes nothing at all in terms of advancing the series. The only advancement to speak of comes at the end when something happens to Skeeve's dragon, Gleep, who seems to be able to talk now. There were hints all along that there was something up with the dragon, but the ending still came very suddenly. The good thing is, it left me wanting more. The bad thing is that, so far, there is no more. The new book, if there ever will be one, isn't out yet. It seems like this series is a lot of fun. A shame that my first impression of it had to be a poorly-crafted installment of it. If you're a follower/fan of the series, you'll probably love the book and should read it (I had fun with it even though I had no idea what was going on). Still, in and of itself, there's not much to it.
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Summary: Great, but where's the other one?
Review: Oh, you just gotta love Skeeve. How does he go through life worrying day to day about ten situations, all at once? This book, like all others that Asprin has written, does have surprize ending that you can't figure out until the end. The only question in my mind is that he refers to another book that should settle and answer questions about the ending, but where is it?
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Summary: Such inconsistent fans...
Review: People talking about Myth-nomers screamed for less naivete in Skeeve, then don't like ti when they get it. The books considered bad by some were ones where the characters actually developed, which is ridiculous! I find it wonderful to read a series where the books actually have developing characters. This oen was as good as the others. But where's Something M.Y.T.H. Inc.?
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Summary: A rather remarkable accomplishment
Review: Readers of the Myth books will no doubt notice that most recent few have a tendency to stop the narrative at a moment's notice and enter into drawn out, irritating tangential asides. This book, in light of that trend, is something of a remarkable achievement: it is the first book in the series composed entirely of such tangential asides. The plot has been well documented through the other reviews on this board, so I won't rehash it here. One thing worth noting, however, is that despite the fact that the plot concerns Skeeve's decision whether to marry Queen Hemlock, the book concerns itself little with that particular line. Queen Hemlock does not play a significant role in this book, appearing in no more than two scenes. Instead, Robert Asprin has saw it fit to fill his latest Myth book with his thoughts on why relationships break down or become abusive, how salary structures in a corporation are created, and most ridiculously, that a fashion model's life is not all glamorous, among others. Somewhere along the line, Robert Asprin completely lost the notion of a coherent narrative. I feel comfortable in identifying the thought's as Asprin's, because none of the characters have been defined enough for me to recognize the sentiments expressed as their own rather than Asprin's. And perhaps what's worse, is that Asprin continues to suggest storylines within the book that interest me, but he quickly ignores them in favor of another tangential aside. The book is a remarkable disappointment. As such, I cannot recommend it. It heartily deserves its one star rating.
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