Bakuryuu Tyranno

Some mixed feelings, 18 Dec 2012

Good - The opening scenes can be deathly silent. They refrained from explaining the incident.

Bad - Stories focusing on something that's beyond the abilities of mankind, making us empathise with the characters is important. By going straight into survival mode this isn't possible.

There's probably other things I've forgotten, I'll update whenever I remember them.

There was an inn in it at any rate, 14 Dec 2012

The Innkeepers focuses on characters first which, actually, is weird, because its supposed to be about the real inn which has reportedly spooked many people, including the film's director as he stayed there while filming his previous film. Maybe the point was to focus on regular people experiencing the phenomena.

Well there is great characterisation, and... it manages some atmosphere, although not that much. The character interaction comes across as natural. There's humorous moments, but it comes across quite naturally.

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Battling dragons, 20 Sep 2012

Its only the first book; naturally the characters and their abilities are introduced.

That's about it, unfortunately - the story hasn't really got going yet, therefore its kinda bland...