Well, that was hugely frustrating. It reminded me of those satires of local newspapers, where the crash of the Hindenburg is described as "local man delayed."
I get that the author has a real interest in missing documentation. And the issue of missing documentation from the colonial period can be really interesting. But it's just unfair to the reader to begin a story with a mystery, and then not actually give any solution to that mystery.
I get it - the answer is to "buy my book." Not when it's so unsatisfying, no I won't.
Sorry for the frustration coming through here, but this story really annoyed me. It's bait and switch of the worst kind.
I get that the author has a real interest in missing documentation. And the issue of missing documentation from the colonial period can be really interesting. But it's just unfair to the reader to begin a story with a mystery, and then not actually give any solution to that mystery.
I get it - the answer is to "buy my book." Not when it's so unsatisfying, no I won't.
Sorry for the frustration coming through here, but this story really annoyed me. It's bait and switch of the worst kind.