George R.R. Washington

Trouble is in the air in Easterrabbit. The Wall that separates the denizens of Easterrabbit from the Others is ready to fall. The Foot of King Bobbert has been found dead, and someone's trying to kill the family of his brother, Lord Headcase Barker. To top it all off, Summer is coming.

Whatever that means.

Normally, I enjoy parodies of books, like the "Pride and Prejudice and Zombie" series. But this novel -- a parody of "A Game of Thrones" -- made no sense to me. In between the juvenile fart jokes, the myriad sexual encounters or references, and the paper-thin plots, the author's thrown in references to almost every recent fantasy or science-fiction film you can think of, like "Star Wars", "Harry Potter", "The Chronicles of Narnia", that feel out of place. The whole time, I felt as though I were reading the script to one of those terrible parody films: "Epic Movie", "Disaster Movie", or "Vampires Suck". Plus, the constant attention the story focuses on pointing out that the original books spawned a TV series was just too intrusive and annoying. Say it once and let it alone; stop belaboring us with it!

And I still have no idea what the story was about. Lord Barker's wife is addicted to Godsweede. Lolyta Targetpractice happily marries a Dorki -- a race of centaurs who are much smarter than they appear -- and has lots of joyous sex in the public square. The gaseous Allbran Barker lies dying in his bed, though he's really fine. And on and on without ever coalescing into a coherent story. Not being familiar with the original books or the TV series, maybe I'm missing how everything is supposed to tie together.

All I can say is that after reading this, I think the word "groan" is apt.… (plus d'informations)