tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623789881771539898.post1412836016424526834..comments2023-05-10T04:06:05.417-07:00Comments on A Fantasy Miscellany: Book Review: Prince of Fools by Mark LawrenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731249022128950166noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623789881771539898.post-90440594519940153802015-01-03T15:22:58.619-08:002015-01-03T15:22:58.619-08:00Nice 25 cent word there; refulgent. You're rig...Nice 25 cent word there; refulgent. You're right, I should probably have written that as 'doesn't seem to be', or 'in this case' as I was going off just his short stories and the one novel.<br />To be fair, this isn't a flaw, a lot of readers find Rothfuss overwrought and Gaiman and McKillip to be overpretty, and lacking plot. So there is a market, and something to be said for transparent prose. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913274903159838183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623789881771539898.post-46571811189959915052015-01-03T14:30:39.132-08:002015-01-03T14:30:39.132-08:00Your review of "Prince of Fools" is good...Your review of "Prince of Fools" is good, but I disagree strongly with one comment. You said: "Lawrence may be a very good storyteller, but he isn't a stylist." I think Mark is very much a stylist; I've read some beautiful near-poetic prose written by him. Perhaps you might change your mind if you did finish "The Broken Empire"; the trilogy has some of the most refulgent prose I have ever read. It's so supernal, it's the equivalent of literary catasterism. He's also a versatile stylist. "Prince of Fools" is written in a very different style than "The Broken Empire" novels, even though it occurs in the same world as they do. He is adept at adapting and is one stylist who will not likely go out of style. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152678374147671883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623789881771539898.post-55010853062616198252014-12-31T16:09:46.259-08:002014-12-31T16:09:46.259-08:00My friend Joel says the same thing! I just have a ...My friend Joel says the same thing! I just have a hard time reading a character I can't connect to on some level. Which I suppose, should reassure me that I'm not a sociopath I guess.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913274903159838183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623789881771539898.post-66795659318509348912014-12-31T15:24:59.578-08:002014-12-31T15:24:59.578-08:00You should probably finish The Broken Empire. Jus...You should probably finish The Broken Empire. Just saying.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098224753227988229noreply@blogger.com