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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book was fun, mostly. It was funny, and I laughed out loud more than I typically do with books. The word play, for most of the book, was entertaining and clever. It's also cool that it plays out alongside the plot of King Lear. Then it starts to get old. It seems like he starts to get lazy, and just uses the same words and phrases over and over again toward the end. The first half of the book was much funnier than the second half. And I have to say, I'm sorry but there's no way every single woman this guy encounters has "smashing knockers" and wants to have sex with him. I know some of it is his own "misguided" belief that every woman wants to have sex with him, but over the course of the book, most of them actually do, including all three of King Lear's daughters, and I find that kind of unbelievable. Pocket kind of reminds me of one of those abhorrent PUA types who purposely forget your name and put you down and then supposedly you just can't resist their rakish charms. I don't know. Maybe he's just devastatingly handsome. Maybe I'm just a bitch. Finally I think I kind of went into this thinking he'd be like Terry Pratchett, and he isn't. I much prefer Pratchett, although I don't laugh out loud quite as much from his books. So I'll be sticking to Discworld when I want something light and amusing. 2487 Bawdy and rather fun, though I'm not quite sure why this guy is in the science fiction section. I tried to read this novel on paper, and just couldn't get into it. I am a huge fan of his vampire/death books. So I gave this a go on audiobooks and have looked forward to long drives. Definitely a fun ride of King Lear, which is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, just makes me wonder how this would be in play form. no reviews | add a review
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Pocket, King Lear's fool, sets out to straighten out the mess the mad king has made of the kingdom and the royal family, only to discover the truth about his own heritage. No library descriptions found.
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