In my memory, this is about a series like Narnia, but not Narnia, correct?
Yeah. Thinly veiled, but it's still not a direct tie.
Buffy! If I wanted to fight, you could tell by the being dead already.
Glory ,'Potential'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:30:04 pm PDT #20919 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
le nubian - Jun 24, 2013 2:33:06 pm PDT #20920 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Lev Gross was attempting to provide an adult version of Harry Potter and Narnia. His writing is decent, but his plotting needs work. At least in the first book.
The second book caused a lot of outcry regarding rape/sexual assault. I decided not to read the second book when I read some of the complaints.
-t - Jun 24, 2013 2:33:49 pm PDT #20921 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pratchett's Dodger, in which Dickens is a character. I liked it quite a bit, anyway.
I feel like there are several that I just can't quite remember. This is going to drive me nuts.
Eta: as I recall, Daughter of Time only mentions the play to complain that people know it better than history.
Steph L. - Jun 24, 2013 2:35:50 pm PDT #20922 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The second book caused a lot of outcry regarding rape/sexual assault. I decided not to read the second book when I read some of the complaints.
I'm glad I read it; I like the book as a whole quite a bit. But I sure didn't see the assault-y part coming. At all. Kind of shook me up.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:36:06 pm PDT #20923 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I feel like there are several that I just can't quite remember. This is going to drive me nuts.
This is exactly how I feel.
But I sure didn't see the assault-y part coming. At all. Kind of shook me up.
This is also exactly how I feel.
Amy - Jun 24, 2013 2:36:49 pm PDT #20924 of 28370
Because books.
There's Drood by Dan Simmons. Maybe something like Reading Lolita in Tehran?
le nubian - Jun 24, 2013 2:36:51 pm PDT #20925 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tep, I'm still leery. I was a bit put off by the gender relationships in the first book, so I think I'm going to keep away from the 2nd.
Steph L. - Jun 24, 2013 2:37:35 pm PDT #20926 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
There are the Mary Russell books, which feature a retired Sherlock Holmes.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:40:01 pm PDT #20927 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Now I really want to reread Possession.
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:40:03 pm PDT #20928 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
I meant in that it uses characters created by someone else.
Ah, gotcha!
I thought Death Comes to Pemberley and The Magicians were not very good. There's Perks of Being a Wallflower, heavily influenced by Catcher, but I think the writing in that is abysmal. I seem to be in the minority for really not getting why it's become such a teen classic. Let me ponder other possibilities...
ETA: I ADORE the Mary Russell books, though the first three were better than any of the rest.