Okay, now you have me constructing complex WWII metaphors about various strains of storytelling being at war with each other in the text. Yeesh.
She means to be fantastical and fairytale, but sometimes it comes off as lazy.
Yes, exactly. It is incredibly hard not to feel let down after one of her climaxes, because of their . . . figurativeness. I think what she wants us to do is operate under her rules of story, those fairytale type guidelines about how the world works. And I know some readers can, but eh, not me. I'm taking your comments about Riddlemaster as a warning.
And I didn't know there was a kid in the fireplace for a while, either. I don't know why her editor lets her open her books with those tiny, obscure little passages that will drive a huge chunk of readers away. I guess it is sort of bold and characteristic -- if you like this sort of thing, you'll read me, and if you don't, I won't make any effort to make you. But eh.
Re: catching up on your booklogging today
She means to be fantastical and fairytale, but sometimes it comes off as lazy.
Yes, exactly. It is incredibly hard not to feel let down after one of her climaxes, because of their . . . figurativeness. I think what she wants us to do is operate under her rules of story, those fairytale type guidelines about how the world works. And I know some readers can, but eh, not me. I'm taking your comments about Riddlemaster as a warning.
And I didn't know there was a kid in the fireplace for a while, either. I don't know why her editor lets her open her books with those tiny, obscure little passages that will drive a huge chunk of readers away. I guess it is sort of bold and characteristic -- if you like this sort of thing, you'll read me, and if you don't, I won't make any effort to make you. But eh.