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Title: Flinx's Folly: A Flinx & Pip Novel by ALAN DEAN FOSTER ISBN: 0-345-45038-8 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.22 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: This is out of nowhere
Comment: Let me start off by saying that I like the Flinx books, but I wouldn't give the entire series higher than a 4. There's nothing really deep here, but they're a fun read.
That said, this one is a fun read too, but the plot could really use some help. My problems with it include:
1: a group of fanatical assassins bent on destroying the universe. I have to say this seems pretty arbitary to me, since you'd think a group like that would have made an appearance before if they were going to be important.
2: He decides to look up Clarity Held, an old crush from Flinx in Flux. Granted, I haven't read that book yet, but it seems like Flinx has some other people who would be much more understanding and trustworthy than someone he only knew for a little while. What about Mother Mastiff, or Tse-Mallory and Truzenzuzex? This comes across as an awkward attempt to re-introduce a love interest.
3: Clarity's engaged to a nice-seeming fellow who suddenly goes on a jealous rampage, monopolizing the rest of the book. Um, Clarity seems like a sharp girl. You'd think she would have noticed a character flaw like homicidal jealousy before.
4: After everything Flinx has been through, the jealous madman finally gets the drop on him. Luckily however, old friends Tse-Mallory and Truzenzuzex happen to be in the neighborhood, and very randomly come to his rescue.
5: This one is a personal problem of mine. Tse-Mallory and Tru show up, rescue Flinx and Clarity, then promptly get shoved back offstage. Come on! I want to see more of these two!
All this amounts to a plot created out of non-sequiturs and deus ex machina. On the bright side, the characters are as much fun as ever. And we get to see a bunch of folks who haven't been around in a while, along with a promise of seeing more of them soon. For myself, I was content to borrow this from my public library, but I'd say it was worth reading once.
Rating: 3
Summary: Flinx meets, well, everyone, and becomes the Fifth Element
Comment: I "panned" the previous Flinx book, _Reunion_, as being little more than a placeholder.
This one does a tad better, as it actually is something of a "reunion" with Flinx meeting up with several of the past favorite characters. Unfortunately, it's all pretty rushed.
And the story is being transformed to Flinx as an unwitting "Fifth Element" (ala Luc Besson), albeit without a Gary Oldham to play the central Zorg "bad guy." Well, actually, the "corporate VP" would have fit that fairly well, except that he's a too-easily vanquished monster that started the story masquerading as a thoughtful wannabe-fiance.
Did I mention that the story seems rushed?
I get the sense that Foster isn't really interested in Flinx anymore except as a salable franchise. There's a clear way to progress the story, because there's the "Fifth Element" thing; Flinx as the not-totally-understood weapon against the Ultimate Evil.
Unfortunately, the results aren't as engaging as the earlier books in the "Saga."
Rating: 3
Summary: Flinx is cool!
Comment: Ok, I gave it only 3 stars! I wanted to give it more, after all this is a Flinx book. I do recommend it for all those who have been following the series for years, as have I. This book seems to give a hint at greater things to come, or that Alan is gitting tired. I hope the former is true, I for one am going to contenue to read whatever commonwelth book he produces.
More...
1) Another group of fanatics want him dead!
2) He seeks out Clarity Held, after 6 years (good - remmeber longtunnel).
3) Truzenzuzex and Tse-Mallory show up seeking his help (good)!
4) They come to some conclusions that long time readers figured out a long time ago (ok).
5) We are left hangging, waiting and hopping that more will be reveiled in the future!
P.S. on scale of 1 to 10, I give it a 7.
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