Cordelia ,'Beneath You'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
You're totally right, Sox. She definitely starts out as a potentially interesting character, and some of that role does remain, but she's mostly the Love Interest overall.
It's definitely flawed, and it had the potential to be more amazing, but I enjoyed the hell out of it, so I focused on the positive.
Art3mis doesn't start out [spoiler]
Oh, I think she does. How do you differentiate "what her character is" from "what the author chose to do with her"? If it were a completely different book with a different POV, then she could have been a completely different character. But it's not, and she's not. She's a fanboy wet dream.
And only marginally less offensive than Aech winning the token minority jackpot and instantly having her identity erased because, you know, Parcival doesn't see race or gender or sexuality! People tell him he's white and he believes them because he's a giant fucking douche. Sorry, did I mention I hated this book yet? Because I really did.
How do you differentiate "what her character is" from "what the author chose to do with her"?
Good point. I think I was so glad to see her character allowed to play a strong game at the start I let a lot of things go. Until I didn't. And yes, " She's a fanboy wet dream." this.
And only marginally less offensive
I lessthanthree Jessica a whole lot right now.
Edited because I can't type and think at the same time today. I left in my bobblehead impression, because, well.
Well, Jessica and Sox between them have convinced me not to read Ready Player 1... sorry, P-C!
Jessica convinced me long ago. I feel so cutting edge.
It was the only titled I was bummed to see on The Readers summer book club list because Jess had been so vehement awhile back it stuck in my brain.
Exciting news for Discount Armageddon fans: DAW just bought three more books! The next Verity book is Midnight Blue-Light Special, and then there are two Alex books, Half-Off Ragnarok and Pocket Apocalypse, followed by another Verity book, Professional Gore-eography.
HAIL!
Right on! I just finished Discount Armageddon and it was lots of fun (I also want Aeslin mice for reals!)
I also just finished and greatly enjoyed Discount Armageddon. I like Bill.
(I also want Aeslin mice for reals!)
We think we have mice again, and Tim brought home a Hav-A-Hart trap, and my first reaction was "We could have Aeslin mice!!!"