Episode 56 – For the Benefit of Evil Bird Kite

372 Pages We'll Never Get Back

Arts, Books, Comedy

4.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 118 minutes

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To say that LOTWW took an unexpected turn in this section would be a slap in the face to unexpected turns. While it appeared to be inching (worm pun) its way toward an exploration of the enormous holes that TOTALLY PROVE the existence of giant worms, most of the second quarter of the book is … Continue reading "Episode 56 – For the Benefit of Evil Bird Kite"

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. This is 372 pages. We'll never get back. I am Connor Lestoka, and this is the podcast where we read books that we are not expecting to enjoy.
0:24.3	We have covered many a bad book on this podcast, and our ninth one, The Lair of the White Worm, is as bad as we've covered so far.
0:33.4	In fact, my co-host, Mike Nelson, has made some bold claims in his comparisons of this book to me this week.
0:42.7	Yes, this was off air.
0:45.1	Hi, I'm Mike Nelson, everyone.
0:47.7	Yeah, I went there, as they say.
0:50.5	I compared it to Pappy Pariah's book,
0:54.9	Bob Honey.
0:55.7	That's how much I enjoyed reading this.
0:57.8	This has taken a turn for me.
1:00.4	Those are words you can't take back.
1:02.4	I know, I know.
1:04.0	I stick by it.
1:05.4	I'm telling you.
1:07.6	Yeah, it's just the,
1:08.9	the tediousness of having to figure out what this idiot is trying to convey
1:12.9	It is a is wearing on me.
1:15.4	Yeah, there's there's there's stuff happening and a lot of it seems to be, you know, sort of, you know, cliche.
1:20.8	Clitche tropes.
1:21.9	We understand sort of what these characters are doing, but the way that he describes it is a mix of obtuseness and weird,
1:29.6	unnecessary, like framing.
1:31.3	Like, rarely do we see something happen in person.
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