And that's fair enough, whatever - but the idea that a critic of the relationship ought to be the one to separate the pair? It seems. However, I think one of the more credible suggestions is his opposition to Bernice and Jason's relationship. Looking after reading Happy Endings, and again now, I seem to find conflicting reasons given (in print, anyway) to his omission. Mortimore declined the opportunity to contribute to Happy Endings, for reasons not entirely clear. I found so many characters coming and going that I often got lost in who was meant to be who, exactly, and their dialogue - with the exception of Allen, perhaps the only distinct character within the text aside from the main cast, for whom I still felt very little when he died - muddles and offers little to no support entirely. You don't get time to grieve these victims, much like Benny and co., nor do you really get a chance to actually come to appreciate them. It's also Mortimore's shortest Who novel (thus far, anyway) by a decent margin. Most of the characters die pretty quickly and in the same way, largely within the first 100 pages. His following book, Parasite has a lot of similarities to Eternity Weeps, but mostly feels like a dull slog through which you slowly tread Accepting cruel and gruesome fates for beloved characters as numbly as the victims themselves. The issue Mortimore has is that he doesn't know to quit an idea while he's ahead. Full disclosure, whilst I enjoyed Lucifer Rising, it was more down to Andy Lane's whimsical touches and rich diversity And while I enjoyed Blood Heat, it was the sort of book you enjoy for it's scale and execution - the sort of book which must only be done once, and never again - or else it entirely spoils the effect and consequence.
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