Gris agreed. People can hate or be meh on something I love and still love other things of high quality. Matt gave some great examples of very unGaiman things. For that matter either Gaiman or Pratchett (I forget which) hates Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - which I like (and Hunting of the Snark).
Strong like an Amazon.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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."
Typo Boy - Jul 31, 2013 7:47:31 pm PDT #21196 of 28378
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
le nubian - Aug 01, 2013 7:59:59 pm PDT #21197 of 28378
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have been reading Rowling's mystery novel. Anyone here read it? I'm about 1/3rd of the way through.
Pix - Aug 01, 2013 8:08:22 pm PDT #21198 of 28378
The status is NOT quo.
I'm on a YA kick this week. I've read Matched, Crossed, and Reached and just started Graceling.
Kat - Aug 02, 2013 3:20:45 am PDT #21199 of 28378
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
le nubian, I read it and liked it. The ending was more surprising than I anticipated. I did read it relatively slowly, though, which is unusual for me. Not as devoury. I liked it better than Casual Vacancy which I never finished.
megan walker - Aug 02, 2013 9:14:33 am PDT #21200 of 28378
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm reading it now. I thought I would try to get it back before the due date (as I actually got 1 of the 2 copies the SFPL had before the deluge of holds, 540 and counting with 100+ copies ordered) but, like Kat, have been reading it slowly. Note: I will return it on time, however.
I agree it is not something one devours, but I'm liking it with 3/4 read.
le nubian - Aug 02, 2013 10:00:00 am PDT #21201 of 28378
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yeah. the pacing of the prose keeps me interested, but I only read for x amount of time. I'm not very far yet. I hope to get halfway or finish this weekend.
Kat - Aug 02, 2013 4:24:40 pm PDT #21202 of 28378
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But it's funny because it's not plodding. It's not that it's painful or just genuinely a slow read. It's like a pot of soup that bubbles along but doesn't force you to eat it all right now.
That is possibly the worst analogy, but there you go.
I am currently also reading The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England which is also very enlightening, but certainly slow going.
§ ita § - Aug 03, 2013 7:39:27 am PDT #21203 of 28378
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's like a pot of soup that bubbles along but doesn't force you to eat it all right now.
You're implying some pretty forceful, maybe even non-consensual soups out there. There are safe places for you, Kat. We can get you away from your problem.
Just..not soup kitchen. Too soon.
smonster - Aug 03, 2013 8:18:33 am PDT #21204 of 28378
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Okay, I inhaled Deadline and Blackout last night. Uh, wowza. Seanan definitely seems to be a scholar in the Whedon/Minear school of writing. Kept me guessing on who was going to live or die. I was torn between hoovering the story up and savoring it. I hoovered, so I'll have to go back and read more slowly.
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2013 8:22:54 am PDT #21205 of 28378
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh yeah, Seanan will kill everyone. But she does it well, and not gratuitously.
I hoovered Blackout even though I'd already read/edited it. So addictive.