Okay, this was really interesting to read. Thanks for putting that up!
Here’s what I didn’t like. I think it is cheap and it is easy for author’s to shorthand their character’s post-disability trauma entirely into their discomfort with the injury being seen.
I'll take your word for it, since a) I wasn't paying close attention to this particular thing when I last read it, and b) you've read it more recently, but I got kind of the impression that Turner wasn't shorthanding it so much as Gen was in his brain (so that, while he was angry about that, he didn't have to deal with everything else). But clearly I am going to have to go back and read it again!
(On the other hand, diverting into the channel of the injury being seen line makes the end of the third book that much more awesome. Embracing universal design, indeed.)
I realize I’m being all modern social theory at a little young adult fantasy book
Well, with this one it kind of kicked the door open to... being taken a bit more seriously, I think. So, that's really cool. And I really like your summary.
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Date: 2010-03-28 02:06 am (UTC)Here’s what I didn’t like. I think it is cheap and it is easy for author’s to shorthand their character’s post-disability trauma entirely into their discomfort with the injury being seen.
I'll take your word for it, since a) I wasn't paying close attention to this particular thing when I last read it, and b) you've read it more recently, but I got kind of the impression that Turner wasn't shorthanding it so much as Gen was in his brain (so that, while he was angry about that, he didn't have to deal with everything else). But clearly I am going to have to go back and read it again!
(On the other hand, diverting into the channel of the injury being seen line makes the end of the third book that much more awesome. Embracing universal design, indeed.)
I realize I’m being all modern social theory at a little young adult fantasy book
Well, with this one it kind of kicked the door open to... being taken a bit more seriously, I think. So, that's really cool. And I really like your summary.