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I finished reading Lily Blue, Blue Lily a couple of nights ago. I think I am going to have to read the end again because a) I was tired and b) it is somewhat of a mishmash - as in, I think Ms Stiefvater should've thought a little bit more about her setting and adjusted accordingly.
One thing I do like about these books is that powers just work, and things just are, and that's great. I'm big fan of "How does it work?" "It just does", because not everything needs to be spelt out in minute detail BUT. The one place I feel like that doesn't work is the end of the book everyone is in a cave, and they are stuck, and plot occurs, and then in the next chapter, everything's OK, and everyone got out OK, in spite of a cave-in? OK THEN. THEN AGAIN, I suppose maybe it could be that ending's a dream or something?? WHO KNOWS NOT ME.
Also yeah, I sort of love how ridiculous a certain character is, but that's not the same character we were introduced to a book ago. Also yes I agree with some people who have griped about Malory's presence being pointless (yes, it is, but I kind of love him because he, too, is ridiculous. Also I have a theory about him: When he's first introduced, it's established that no-one knows how old he is. I know this is a thing, I have friends whose ages I don't know. BUT. There is also the fact that there are several characters running around who are 500+ years old. NOW. Going off how Malory's name is spelt alone, I wonder if Ms Stiefvater is making a reference to Sir Thomas Malory, who was contemporaneous to Glyndŵr. That's the guy who wrote Le Morte D'Arthur. So. You know. MAAAAAAAAYBE. Or maybe what I just said is all bullshit and I'm noting it down so I can cry at my own stupidity come March next year.
On the other hand: Adam :D
One thing I do like about these books is, that while they have two obvious romances in, neither romance takes over the books, and I like that (in fact it's handled in a similar way that Adam and Blue being cute is, and I really like that. I don't always want to read about characters kissing or nearly but not quite having sex all over the place).
I'm totally not getting the Adam/Ronan thing, though. All I'm seeing is a one-sided crush on Ronan's behalf (not that Adam isn't aware of it, however).
I have started rereading though, because I did power through these, and I know I don't give things my full attention when I do that.
(I've been reading through the bad reviews on Goodreads for each book. I found myself agreeing with them for the first book, not at all for the second, but then on the third? Yeah, I could see where those reviews were coming from).
Seriously, though, writers in general: stop describing people as "handsome" or "beautiful" or "attractive" without giving me qualifiers as to why! I mean, I have a fairly good idea of what I think everyone looks like, because there are descriptors, but more often than not, people are described as the above without any follow-up and I [disgusted noise].
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I've started doing German on Duolingo again, and it's making me feel good, because I'm breezing through lessons that I know gave me ridiculous amounts of trouble before (accusative case I am looking at you). Also I remember waaaaay more than I gave myself credit for, and that's great.
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I'm poking the magical girl story. It's poking back, and mostly being daft, but that's OK because I sort of needed a break from traumatised soldiers. (I do love the abominations story, but I'm just not the sort of writer who can work on one thing single-mindedly for a long time).
Funnily enough, here is![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ursulav talking about not just concentrating on one piece of writing at a time. I swear I did not know this beforehand!
One thing I do like about these books is that powers just work, and things just are, and that's great. I'm big fan of "How does it work?" "It just does", because not everything needs to be spelt out in minute detail BUT. The one place I feel like that doesn't work is the end of the book everyone is in a cave, and they are stuck, and plot occurs, and then in the next chapter, everything's OK, and everyone got out OK, in spite of a cave-in? OK THEN. THEN AGAIN, I suppose maybe it could be that ending's a dream or something?? WHO KNOWS NOT ME.
Also yeah, I sort of love how ridiculous a certain character is, but that's not the same character we were introduced to a book ago. Also yes I agree with some people who have griped about Malory's presence being pointless (yes, it is, but I kind of love him because he, too, is ridiculous. Also I have a theory about him: When he's first introduced, it's established that no-one knows how old he is. I know this is a thing, I have friends whose ages I don't know. BUT. There is also the fact that there are several characters running around who are 500+ years old. NOW. Going off how Malory's name is spelt alone, I wonder if Ms Stiefvater is making a reference to Sir Thomas Malory, who was contemporaneous to Glyndŵr. That's the guy who wrote Le Morte D'Arthur. So. You know. MAAAAAAAAYBE. Or maybe what I just said is all bullshit and I'm noting it down so I can cry at my own stupidity come March next year.
On the other hand: Adam :D
One thing I do like about these books is, that while they have two obvious romances in, neither romance takes over the books, and I like that (in fact it's handled in a similar way that Adam and Blue being cute is, and I really like that. I don't always want to read about characters kissing or nearly but not quite having sex all over the place).
I'm totally not getting the Adam/Ronan thing, though. All I'm seeing is a one-sided crush on Ronan's behalf (not that Adam isn't aware of it, however).
I have started rereading though, because I did power through these, and I know I don't give things my full attention when I do that.
(I've been reading through the bad reviews on Goodreads for each book. I found myself agreeing with them for the first book, not at all for the second, but then on the third? Yeah, I could see where those reviews were coming from).
Seriously, though, writers in general: stop describing people as "handsome" or "beautiful" or "attractive" without giving me qualifiers as to why! I mean, I have a fairly good idea of what I think everyone looks like, because there are descriptors, but more often than not, people are described as the above without any follow-up and I [disgusted noise].
~
I've started doing German on Duolingo again, and it's making me feel good, because I'm breezing through lessons that I know gave me ridiculous amounts of trouble before (accusative case I am looking at you). Also I remember waaaaay more than I gave myself credit for, and that's great.
~
I'm poking the magical girl story. It's poking back, and mostly being daft, but that's OK because I sort of needed a break from traumatised soldiers. (I do love the abominations story, but I'm just not the sort of writer who can work on one thing single-mindedly for a long time).
Funnily enough, here is
ursulav talking about not just concentrating on one piece of writing at a time. I swear I did not know this beforehand!