Well, I finished Deadline. I liked Feed a good deal more. However, I realize that the second book of most trilogies tends to be weaker than the first and third.
Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.
'Bring On The Night'
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Toddson - Jun 09, 2011 4:58:53 am PDT #15192 of 28282
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Polter-Cow - Jun 09, 2011 5:46:17 am PDT #15193 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The interesting thing for me with both these books is that nothing much happens...in fact Deadline seems to have a lot less story than Feed. But I really enjoy them nonetheless and can't stop reading once I start.
I'm two-thirds of the way through and enjoying it more the second time around, I think. The first time, I did get that "nothing much happens" feeling in comparison to Feed, but I'm appreciating it more this time. Maybe because it's nice to have the refresher since I've been reading Blackout. This book seems to consist of a lot of Talking About Virology, but it's important stuff. I also realized I just like these characters.
Volans - Jun 09, 2011 6:51:52 am PDT #15194 of 28282
move out and draw fire
Maybe because it's nice to have the refresher since I've been reading Blackout.
Taunty McTauntypants.
Also, I have to say I like Shaun. It's fun to have a not-fully-sane POV character, and his violent streak is right for him.
One weird thing is that up until somewhere near the end of i Deadline, the After the End Times crew all seemed like teens or young-20s to me. I had to keep reminding myself that they were adults and that they'd be played by someone older than 18 in the movie. At the end of the book, they were totally adults in my head.
I'm not sure what changed, but I think it was Mahir. Where Rick's age was in contrast to the Masons, Mahir has always seemed their age, but mature...which in this case dragged my mental image of Shaun and George up to my mental image age for Mahir.
hippocampus - Jun 09, 2011 7:27:14 am PDT #15195 of 28282
not your mom's socks.
, so when he reverts to a plot that only a writer could love I get all eye-rolly.
Maybe? Still, I kind of loved the second twist (no spoilerfont due to phone typing). And since I'm not to the end yet, I live in fear of an ending like The Scar.
Polter-Cow - Jun 09, 2011 7:30:46 am PDT #15196 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
One weird thing is that up until somewhere near the end of i Deadline, the After the End Times crew all seemed like teens or young-20s to me. I had to keep reminding myself that they were adults and that they'd be played by someone older than 18 in the movie.
Really? I got at least mid-twenties. Maaaybe early twenties for some of them.
Mahir has always seemed their age, but mature...which in this case dragged my mental image of Shaun and George up to my mental image age for Mahir.
Yeah, Mahir is awesome, and he definitely "feels" older than the rest of them, even though I don't think he's actually older, but I think he helped age everyone up. Like you said.
Buffy seemed younger, but she may actually have been younger, I don't remember.
Oh, and by the way, the Indian doctor who saved the world? My brother.
Volans - Jun 09, 2011 7:32:04 am PDT #15197 of 28282
move out and draw fire
Still, I kind of loved the second twist
OK. I stopped at the first Reveal, because I couldn't read anymore what with my eyes rolling like that. So I'll pick it back up and try again.
My other problem with Embassytown is not liking the POV character. I guess that's going around.
ETA: P-C's whitefont: I was going to ask you, b/c of the name and all. Tell him nice work.
hippocampus - Jun 09, 2011 8:07:10 am PDT #15198 of 28282
not your mom's socks.
My other problem with Embassytown is not liking the POV character. I guess that's going around.
Yah. She's not extremely compelling. She does, in the end, do things, though, which I got to before my eyes flipped out (not the way yours did... at least I think. Hmm. Suspicious.).
I'm trying to think whether this is his first female narrator since Bellis?
Toddson - Jun 09, 2011 8:12:34 am PDT #15199 of 28282
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For Blackout, please tell me she doesn't do the clone = adult version of person complete with memories .
Amy - Jun 09, 2011 8:15:02 am PDT #15200 of 28282
Because books.
I haven't started Feed yet, but I am a little bummed the guy in the BEA line made me choose. I wanted to take both that and Deadline!
I think Ben might read Feed before I get to it, though, since I'm entangled in the Martin books.
Polter-Cow - Jun 09, 2011 8:22:13 am PDT #15201 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For Blackout, please tell me she doesn't do the
Spoilers! You have the last chapter to go on. Speculate as you will. All I'll say is that what she does is interesting and I dig it, even though I wasn't sure about it at first.
I haven't started Feed yet, but I am a little bummed the guy in the BEA line made me choose. I wanted to take both that and Deadline!
Well, you wouldn't have wanted Deadline without Feed ! That's not really a CHOICE. Come on, BEA guy.