Scooter Chronicles

Yesterday afternoon I finished reading “To Reign in Hell” by Steven Brust.

As you may be able to see from the picture of the book cover, this is a fictionalization of the revolt in Heaven. That intrigued me, coming for a popular fantasy writer such as Brust (though I have not read any of his other work). How would it be handled?

First for the aspects of the book itself. It’s a fast read. As you can tell, I just finished reading a book a week ago, and since Nigel was born my reading has slowed down quite a bit. The prose is average, with the exception of the way two characters speak. I’ll get to that later. As...

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