–Jack Wylder here, once again saving one of Larry’s posts from the whims of the Xuckbots…

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Then there’s reviews like this guy…

Amazon Customer
2.0 out of 5 stars I’m done, for now
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 6, 2023
Verified Purchase
First off, I enjoyed the book and I like the series. The problem is that I spent most of this book thinking about how long it’s going to be until the next book and when is he actually going to finish this series or the MHI series.

I’m slightly older than the author and if he actually to finishes this series, or MHI, in my lifetime then I will CONSIDER buying the remaining books in the series but I’m not going to buy any more installments in an incomplete series. The way he’s dragging things out, there’s just too many things that can happen to where he ends up not finishing at all.

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What the fuck, man?
I really enjoy it, but the author has to obey the laws of space and time, and OTHER authors are lazy fuckers who don’t finish their series so I’m gonna lower the average: TWO STARS.
Fuck you too, buddy! 😀

You’re slightly older than me, and IF I “actually” finish this series in your lifetime? Are you super fat? Do you smoke two packs a day? Do you ride a motorcycle without a helmet? Because I’m 47 and don’t. I’m planning on sticking around for a bit. I figure I’ve got a few more books in me before I kick the bucket.

And I’ve written 2-3 books a year for the last decade consistently, and plan on continuing to do so for the foreseeable future, so get off my fucking back, you entitled little shit.

Mew mew mew, he’s DRAGGING THINGS OUT. Listen here, fuckface, I’ve written this entire series and like a dozen other books since the last time Martin or Rothfuss got off their fat ass and bothered to publish.

There’s only one more book in this series, and it’ll probably be out within the same decade as the first one, which is pretty fucking good for authors who aren’t named Brandon Sanderson, you ungrateful walnut.

Considering I’m not sitting on the couch eating fucking bon bons and playing Call of Duty all day (which don’t get me wrong, sounds awesome) and instead I write 2 or 3 other books BETWEEN each book in this particular series, I’m actually rather prolific, and not planning on dying at 50 like you apparently plan to be. And if you’ve got a terminal illness, sorry, that’s not my fault.

So I’m incredibly fucking sorry that I’m not some indy guy cranking out an unedited 30,000 word “novel” once a month, and instead I actually put some effort into this particular series instead of just phoning shit in based upon your arbitrary timeline. But then again, I don’t but in and tell you how to do your job as assistant pig ejacultor down at the spooge farm. So how about you have some common fucking courtesy and don’t tell me how to do my job?

If you spend all your time worrying while reading a book that you’re gonna fucking die before the next one comes out, that sounds like a personal problem, and you should buy a fucking treadmill or join a gym or something, because that sounds like a personal problem.

There’s one more book in the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, and since I actually give a shit about how good my books are, I’ll finish that when I fucking feel like it. As for how much more MHI there is, there’s as many as I say there are, as long as I keep having fun writing them, and my fans keep having fun reading them, and if you don’t like that, you can kiss my ass.

EDIT:
Oh, and furthermore!
tHeReS jUsT tOo mAnY tHiNgS tHaT cOuLd sToP HiM fRoM fInIsHinG tHe sEriEs!
Well pardon me for not being a fucking immortal!
I’m in fairly decent shape for my age, but there’s always the off chance I get shot by an ATF agent for something!
Oh no! I can never read an unfished series because the author might choke on a doughnut hole and there won’t be anybody there to administer the fucking Heimlich maneuver.

Do you like have PTSD because Pat Rothfuss has no work ethic? Motherfucker, I grew up milking cows. I’m too prideful to not finish my magnum opus epic fantasy series. It isn’t like I’m some 80 year old fat fuck coasting off my HBO money. I’ve got fucking bills to pay and guns to buy. And guns ain’t cheap!

What an incredibly fucking stupid point to make in an incredibly fucking stupid review. You aren’t reviewing my book. You’re reviewing your own fucking hubris and hang ups.

And fuckers like you don’t just post this bullshit to me. You post it to all fantasy authors. Only I’m fine. I make good money off my fans who aren’t entitled little shits. I’ve got shooting Flight Control money. The people who get fucked by people like you are all the up and comer and newbie authors who can’t afford to eat nothing but Ramen Noodle for the years it takes to finish an epic fantasy series before cheap fucks like you gamble on the first book.

That’s the real legacy of Rothfuss and Martin, fucking over an entire generation of up and coming fantasy authors because entitled shit heads like this got their expectations hurt.

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((Another one from the Book of Faces. Review in italics, Larry’s words in bold
– Jack))

I love obvious horseshit reviews, like this recent two star for In Defense of the Second Amendment. 😀

 Adam
VINE VOICE
2.0 out of 5 stars Preaching to the choir …
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2023
I’m surprised by how many 5 star reviews this book has. I’ll start by saying that I am extremely pro 2A (RKBA is a natural right and I believe almost all existing gun regulations are unconstitutional and immoral and should be overturned). I listened to this book not because the 2A needed defending in my mind, but because I was hoping for a succinct, well articulated argument wherein I could recommend this book to people I know who are fence sitters, or even democrats open to gun rights.

I’ll start by saying there isn’t a original argument in this book – all of his arguments will be familiar to anyone who’s remotely up to speed on various gun regulations and the arguments for or against. It’s not particularly well written. Worse though, he comes across as extremely antagonistic towards anyone not in the pro 2A camp – democrats and anti gunners are repeatedly dismissed as idiots. While I may agree with that and you may agree with that, that’s not a tact willing to win anyone over.

If you’re already pro 2A and you’re looking for opinions that agree with yours, you may get some satisfaction out of this if not a particularly productive use of your time. If, like me, you’re looking for something you can recommend to people who are fence sitters, people new to or unfamiliar with guns, anti-gun people who may be open to changing their minds etc., this is a terrible choice, and insomuch this book does an enormous disservice to the pro 2A cause. A book that only caters to those who already agree with its unoriginal arguments is a waste of time, and listening to this was a waste of mine. Don’t recommend.

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There’s a few clues here for just how full of shit this particular reviewer is.

There’s no NEW ARGUMENTS. Well, considering we’ve been having this exact same debate for our entire lives, and I respond to every single anti-gun talking point that they’ve used over the last 30 years… duh.

That’s also total bullshit, because I specifically have sections about relatively new issues, like red flag laws, “ghost guns”, and pistol braces.

But they aren’t ORIGINAL arguments? Oh? Because what kind of spicy new hot take do you expect someone to come up with for a topic that has been argued about by millions of people for decades? I suppose I could pull something unique out of my ass. 😀

Sad part is, some of those points he’s calling old and unoriginal–because they’ve been well known and repeated for years–I’m the one who originally wrote them and made them go viral with the public back in 2012. So I get zinged for using famous stuff, that I came up with!  

You can’t really have unique and original responses to a tired playbook that’s been in use for decades. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. For example, look at the news this week. I predicted every single thing they would say and do. They’re super predictable and rarely surprising.

He was really hoping that this would be a book that he could recommend to the people who hate guns and want to ban them… only I poked holes in their ideas and pointed out how dishonest and stupid they are, and that’s just mean.

The bit about being my being antagonistic to anti-gunners, again, duh. It is a book responding to their endless lies and attacks. However he also manages to leave out that I very specifically go into how there are different kinds of people who are against guns, and I specifically differentiate between the well intentioned masses who are being manipulated and lied to, from the blood hungry vultures who profit off of death.

Apparently he’s super pro-gun but doesn’t like people being honest about the politicians and media who make a living off trying to destroy those rights. People who I demonstrate through their own words and actions, are saddened when fewer innocents die. How rude of me.

As for not winning anyone over, it’s been doing rather well, and feedback from the actual fence sitters is positive (as opposed to the perpetually offended disingenuous types who believe in the 2A buuuuuut). Again, the bullshit reviewer purposefully leaves out the part that not all anti-gun people are the same, and they arrive at their beliefs for different reasons. Writing a book catering to all of them that would give offense to none, would an exercise in blending oatmeal.  No thanks.

The bit about not being well written? Lol. In the words of Boyd Crowder, I’ve been accused of a great many things, but inarticulate ain’t been among them. 😀