by Paul Clarke <paul.clarke@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 1, 2008 at 05:02 AM
On 1 May, 02:44, Rich Horton <rrhor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Sometimes I admit I wonder if I missed something when I thought a book
> was weak but it gets widely praised.
>
> (And sometimes I know I didn't -- i.e. I know I was right -- as with
> my reaction to Steph Swainston's grossly overrated books.)
In case you ever need extra reassurance, I'm with you on _The Year of
our War_. It's an interesting, reasonably well-written debut, but
despite the cover quotes I was neither blistered nor stunned by it.
The last debut novel I can remember raising stunned blisters was
Raphael Carter's _The Fortunate Fall_.
