Post originally by Mark Galeotti at 2004-08-10 08:10:14
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Interesting review, but I must say that I found it hard to reconcile the prose with the eventual rating. To me, the text seemed pretty damning: badly written, leaden, etc. Now in that context, the redeeming feature of 'there's lots here' doesn't really sound very redeeming: why do I want *more* poor material? Given how much great material is being released these days, does this really deserve to get an Average-plus rating?

I suspect part of the problem here is a general reluctance to award low marks. Average seems to be the least most people feel they can award.

That said, I'm not too bothered, because I will always go by my impressions of the text rather than the ratings.

All the best

Mark