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Title: Book of Joe
Series: Forgotten Ruin #5
Author: Jason Anspach & Nick Cole
Rating: 1.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Military Fantasy
Pages: 211
Words: 75K
This is a book ALL about Talker and how he survived and helped Joe.
What. The. Feth.
I am now done with this series. Don’t care how cool the story is, because it is always in the background and I hate Talker. I hate him for hogging the book. I hate him for whining about how he’s not good enough to be a “real” Rangeroo. I hate him for writing about coffee instead of what’s going on. I hate him for describing a ruin for 2 pages while a massive battle gets 3 paragraphs.
So I am done.
Nick Cole has a duology that I’m going to try out next. I need a cool down from Team Anspach/Cole.
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I hope so. Because this Forgotten Ruins was baaaaaad.
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Isn’t this the kind of fiction that they figure AI is actually going to do a better job on?
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It might. I know it will put all the chinese chapter writer hacks straight out of business, that’s for sure.
I know most of the stuff that is “independent” on amazon will be replaced too.
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I remember how little you thought of Talker last time so can well imagine having his company forced on you would put you off. Was he the character you thought/hoped died last time?
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Yes, he jumped into a river/vortex thingy at the end of the last book, so I was hoping he was DEAD. Phhhhht, I should have known better.
Yet another Anspach/Cole series that doesn’t work for me. That’s too bad 😦
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I have a called called Joe. fAct!
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Wut?
I’m not understanding at the moment…
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I’m not surprised. I’ll try again without the rain getting on my screen.
I have a CAt called Joe. fact!
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Ahhhh, autocorrect in the rain. Yes, that IS how the AI will win the species war.
I believe it. Wait a second, I thought your cat’s name was Mr Snuggles, or Shedley or something? Are you making this cat up?
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He has a calico caracal cat called Callum.
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I thought that was Riders? She’s always going on about caracals…
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She may have one too, but its name is Joe. Dix is all confused as usual. Standing out in the rain trying to type on his phone. Who does that?
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Wut? Riders has a cat named Joe? And Eddie has a caracal named callum, that he calls Joe?
I am soooo confused. And I haven’t even gotten to work yet…
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Riders may have a cat named Joe. Or maybe just a picture of a cat named Joe. Not sure. Eddie has a called called Callum that sleeps in a colander and that he adopted from a cold caller in Kilmarnock (cold meaning he was out in the rain).
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(Riders was not here)
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I’m. Looking. Right. At. You.
Do you ever put that gun down?
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That made me cheshire cat smile.
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You need to put the forgotten in the Forgotten! Onwards…..
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Onward in deed!
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Jeeesh, coffe is more noteworthy than a battle?
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Yep. It was funny the first time. But since this is book 5, I want the battles, you know?
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Battles before black coffe is an absolute must!
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In a show of solidarity, I will now hate Talker as well.
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If he even gets started talking to me I’m going to tell him to zip it.
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Other rangers tried that. Didn’t seem to work…
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Thanks Bruce. It’s encouraging to have such solidarity:-D
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We can really tell how fed up you are with this duo hahaha
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The problem is that I KNOW they can write differently and in such a way that I like. So it’s deliberate, sigh.
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