I followed a link in another post to the Amazon webpage for the 16th Dresden Files novel that doesn't even name it Peace Talks and (wisely) doesn't give a release date. After seeing this (placeholder?) webpage I had a very real desire to create a fake book review for PT. I clicked on the link to do so and it looks like I could if I wanted too. I wasn't sure how I would claim to know what's in the novel. It wouldn't tell a blatant lie such as Jim let me see an advanced copy of the novel. That would be gauche. I thought of doing something more creative. I played with the idea of claiming; after I wrote a long extended sentence or two of BS to hide or obscure my deception from most readers, that I psychically read the entire novel before Jim finished writing it.
The real problem is what I'd write about Peace Talks itself. I'd give it 5-stars, I know that much, but it gets a little fuzzy after that. Normally, if I review something; which is pretty rare, I don't like to give away any spoilers. However, in making up a fake review perhaps creating some fake spoilers would be fun, but then there's the question of how far to go with my make believe spoilers. For example, it would be one thing to say to my audience, "Those of you waiting for Ebenezar and Thomas to finally meet one another won't be disappointed," but it might be far more enjoyable to be more creative and say something like, "I had wondered what would happen when Eb and Thomas first spoke to each other, but I never pictured them having to team up to fight a kaiju to protect a wounded Harry. That scene was more cool than Harry riding zombie tyrannosaurus Sue in Dead Beat."
Of course rather than making up nonexistent book scenes to review I could hint at scenes without actually describing anything at all. For example, "Some readers may be upset at direction Jim appears to be heading Murphy towards." That's a really vague statement that could mean anything to anyone.
So I guess my challenge for anyone reading this post is to create a fake spoiler for Peace Talks; however detailed or vaguely suggestive you'd like to make it, and post it here.
