Post by jmichaelsoffline on May 3, 2005 16:43:56 GMT -5
Mr. Grey,
Thank you for the update on Friday, I too was once a hard working college student and understand the amount of time required for finals and term papers.
I would however like to comment on An Evening Well Spent, the anticipated sequel to the Afternoon series. The concept of placing our favorite character in a bar started out as a great concept, with a wealth of potential, but just like the end of the last Afternoon story I felt like this one was rushed to get to the masses. Some of the transformations contradicted his previous demeanor and established personality. For example (Spoilers, don't read if you want to read the story)....
The transformation of the good natured, well behaved woman at the bar was on par with what we've read in the past, but then reading that one of the reasons he transformed the two well-to-do patrons was because they never contributed to a Children's Hospital seemed completely out of step. The character in the past and up to that point showed absolutely no compulsion or care about such matters yet here we are reading about him giving their penthouse to a couple who gave to charity.
I think there were also too many repeat transformations, making the waitresses just plain dumb and the group of girls into club hoppers seemed like a convenience rather than something that was well thought out or followed the creativity we saw from the character in the first Afternoon story. Also, this time around there were no transformations of any men. Overall it was a decent read but not on par with the other two stories in the series.
Thank you for the update on Friday, I too was once a hard working college student and understand the amount of time required for finals and term papers.
I would however like to comment on An Evening Well Spent, the anticipated sequel to the Afternoon series. The concept of placing our favorite character in a bar started out as a great concept, with a wealth of potential, but just like the end of the last Afternoon story I felt like this one was rushed to get to the masses. Some of the transformations contradicted his previous demeanor and established personality. For example (Spoilers, don't read if you want to read the story)....
The transformation of the good natured, well behaved woman at the bar was on par with what we've read in the past, but then reading that one of the reasons he transformed the two well-to-do patrons was because they never contributed to a Children's Hospital seemed completely out of step. The character in the past and up to that point showed absolutely no compulsion or care about such matters yet here we are reading about him giving their penthouse to a couple who gave to charity.
I think there were also too many repeat transformations, making the waitresses just plain dumb and the group of girls into club hoppers seemed like a convenience rather than something that was well thought out or followed the creativity we saw from the character in the first Afternoon story. Also, this time around there were no transformations of any men. Overall it was a decent read but not on par with the other two stories in the series.
