'I mean, what's not to like? Custard, good. ¹Remember 'Friends' episode where Rachel tries to make English trifle for Thanksgiving desert, but because of a couple pages unfortunately sticking together ends up making half English trifle and half the shepherd's pie? Joey was baffled that the rest of the gang found the dish unpalatable: Or so it seemed.īut awesome ingredients do not always add up to a satisfying dish¹ (as my horrible cook self knows much too well).
After all, it had all the necessary ingredients: the pervasive air of nerdy geekiness (or, perhaps, geeky nerdiness), an unexpected take on linguistics, a kick-ass female character, a parallel (virtual) reality, a hefty helping of (admittedly, overexaggerated) satire, and just enough wacky improbable worldbuilding to satisfy my book loving soul. But awesome ingredients do not always add up to a satisfying dish¹ (as my horrible cook sel Disliking this book seemed quite impossible.
Disliking this book seemed quite impossible.