Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-25626-20150324180019/@comment-874475-20150406044214

I feel for you, SJ. I stayed with TL-191, because I enjoyed the first five books. From TCCH onwards not so much, but like you, I stayed on because I'd been through this whole thing, so I might as well see it through to the end: Same goes for TWTPE. Like I said before, I consider Canada's last stand in the Great War Trilogy to be the best last stand for any nation Harry has written, and I loved what he did with Canada in Blood & Iron. From TCCH onwards however, it just degenerated into “Yet Another Day In Shitsville.” He did nothing more with the AH social side of Canada other than that and it got really old and annoying, really fast.

TWTPE, like I said, could've been great with a series of Chess like moves on the battle field and political behind the scenes intrigue, but no. All we got was a literary version of The Grand Old Duke of York. The whole thing accomplished nothing, taught nothing, before finally returning to a big black hole in order to return to nothing. The main problem is the characters all feel like ones we've visited before and they don't tell the story, rather telling their story instead. The action being as exciting as watching to guys throwing a ball back and forth, and the lack of AH exploration outside of what Harry knows, which we're already familar with after 20 plus years.



That in turn brings me to Bombs Away. You pretty much got-it-in-one there SJ. I just can't help but look at TWTPE and say, "That's pretty much what you're going to get."



Also, Happy Easter Everyone!