Okay. First of all, now I have to read The King's Rose, obviously. But a few things:
Um. Even though I like Neil Gaiman, and I quote him a lot, because he says really smart things - I didn't really like The Graveyard Book. That is, I actually didn't finish it, because by page fifty, I realized I didn't care about the protagonist at all. Which was disappointing, because the writing was unbelievable.
It sounds like I should give it another shot, though. Or will you review it? I'll wait for that.
And I read Tasha Alexander, including the courting books, and it gets a "meh" from me. It was too reminiscent of the Lady Julia Grey books and therefore didn't feel original enough.
ALSO ALSO just because I MUST RAVE: I have found another book that made me go "that was just AMAZING" the second I finished it. It's called The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets and honestly I thought it would be light reading and bit silly, and it was this exuberant, joyous, giddy ride that was bursting with life and color. I have to review it after I finish processing it (and reading it again, probably) but it's not YA, so - you can read it next! No, seriously, I have no idea why it isn't famous. I AM SICK OF DOOM - it's like, to be a serious writer, you need to write awful, tragic works. THIS IS WELL-WRITTEN and NOT TRAGIC and AMAZING and I LOVED IT.
I think I'm going to look up critics' reviews to see if they agree with me. (They'd better.)
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Date: 2010-11-07 03:04 am (UTC)Um. Even though I like Neil Gaiman, and I quote him a lot, because he says really smart things - I didn't really like The Graveyard Book. That is, I actually didn't finish it, because by page fifty, I realized I didn't care about the protagonist at all. Which was disappointing, because the writing was unbelievable.
It sounds like I should give it another shot, though. Or will you review it? I'll wait for that.
And I read Tasha Alexander, including the courting books, and it gets a "meh" from me. It was too reminiscent of the Lady Julia Grey books and therefore didn't feel original enough.
ALSO ALSO just because I MUST RAVE: I have found another book that made me go "that was just AMAZING" the second I finished it. It's called The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets and honestly I thought it would be light reading and bit silly, and it was this exuberant, joyous, giddy ride that was bursting with life and color. I have to review it after I finish processing it (and reading it again, probably) but it's not YA, so - you can read it next! No, seriously, I have no idea why it isn't famous. I AM SICK OF DOOM - it's like, to be a serious writer, you need to write awful, tragic works. THIS IS WELL-WRITTEN and NOT TRAGIC and AMAZING and I LOVED IT.
I think I'm going to look up critics' reviews to see if they agree with me. (They'd better.)
Also - I love these book posts :)