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2.0 out of 5 stars
Time to shut it down?, November 20, 2000
This review is from: Tyranny in the Ashes (Mass Market Paperback)
I was greatly disappointed with this book. It'sthe weakest of his that I've read. It almost seems as if someone else wrote it for him using his previous books as the base material. I've enjoyed all of his books, and I've read most of them, but they are getting stale. Unfortunately, he seems to to be overusing the flashback vehicle in his other series as well. Maybe the new Codename series will give him a fresh outlook.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Just not the same Johnstone quality, September 15, 2000
This review is from: Tyranny in the Ashes (Mass Market Paperback)
I have been a "In the Ashes" fan for years, but this last "Attempt in the Ashes" falls far short of what I have come to expect of the series. It is time for Mr. Johnstone to spend more time on the series or bring it to a closure.
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Tyranny In The Ashes, December 5, 2000
This review is from: Tyranny in the Ashes (Mass Market Paperback)
I first became acquainted with Mr. Johnstone's wonderful series four years ago when I discovered his first novel in a used book store. I have, over the years, managed to collect a copy of each succeeding novel in this series and until now have spent many a happy hour reading and re-reading the Ashes books. Until now!
For some reason Mr. Johnstone has written a book that seems, to me, to be a feeble effort to keep the series going. Like many of his readers I am more than willing to put up with pages of flash backs to other novels, his political agenda (much of which I agree with) and his latent homophobia, IF the end result is a good read, which this, his latest effort, is not.
I would much rather have waited another year and read another fine, cracking tale from Mr. Johnstone's pen than this drivel.
A major disappointment and I sincerely hope that Mr. Johnstone will return to us the fine novels he writes so well.
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