From:	Chris Ryan <chrisr@*******.FIT.QUT.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Striper Assassin
Date:	Mon, 21 Jun 1993 12:13:20 EST

> Hate to disagree w/ Dave the Shade, but I wasn't actually all that
> impressed with this novel (don't know what else Nyx has done). Striper is a

I have to agree with you.

> cool character, and there were lots of great scenes, but it seemed very
> spotty.. i.e. great scene, boring scene, great scene, boring stretch. And

It also failed to make sense to me for most of the book. I found it very disjoint.

> I felt the ending was a let down. Maybe I'm just sick, but since Striper
> is really an anti-hero, I wanted a big showdown between her and the guy
> who turned into her significant other (trying to give as little as possible
> away, honest). Heck, I was half looking for Striper's death.

Same here, until I found out what was going on. I enjoyed the latter half of the
book once the confusing "scenes" actually had something to do with the book.
The
bit part characters made an interesting approach. I can't work out whether it
was for the better or not.

> Ah, well, I
> guess I'm just a bit disturbed--one reason I like most Shakespeare
> tragedies is that everyone's dead in the end.

I prefer the more heroic stuff where the good guys win (however small) in the end.

Chris