I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—

William ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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."


Amy - Aug 18, 2013 1:48:20 pm PDT #21257 of 28379
Because books.

It is pretty indulgent, but so far I don't mind. Sad to hear about The Twelve, though I know I'll probably read it anyway.

I also like that I didn't know it was set in a not-too-distant future. The world is pretty much the same as we know it, and then suddenly he's talking about the Mall of America Massacre or New Orleans being turned into a giant petrochemical factory or border checkpoints and it all seems chillingly plausible.


javachik - Aug 18, 2013 2:32:11 pm PDT #21258 of 28379
Our wings are not tired.

It's definitely worth reading, despite the let down, Amy.

The Passage was an interesting experiment on use of the Kindle. A friend recommended it without telling me a single thing about it. I downloaded it without reading anything about it, and obviously I didn't have the book jacket for hints or clues. So it was so much fun being completely surprised by the plot and themes. It would have been a totally different experience had someone handed me the paperback.


megan walker - Aug 18, 2013 2:53:22 pm PDT #21259 of 28379
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Agree with everything above about The Passage, especially the editing. That book so did not need to be that long. I read it without knowing it was a trilogy and was very sad when I realized after over 700 pages that it was not going to be resolved.

I found the second volume hard to get into because I had forgotten so many details of the first one. So, when I saw the hardcover of #1 at Goodwill, I bought it so I could re-read at my leisure before the third installment (which I am looking forward to despite disappointment by #2).


Jesse - Aug 18, 2013 3:13:12 pm PDT #21260 of 28379
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

As soon as I read Gone Girl, I read her first two books. Very dark and gruesome, and I loved them.

Oh yeah, I was wondering about her others. Good one!


sj - Aug 18, 2013 3:44:48 pm PDT #21261 of 28379
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

As soon as I read Gone Girl, I read her first two books. Very dark and gruesome, and I loved them.

Me too. She needs to write more books soon, or I need to find another writer whose works are that dark.


javachik - Aug 18, 2013 3:46:31 pm PDT #21262 of 28379
Our wings are not tired.

SJ, right??!


Amy - Aug 18, 2013 3:54:19 pm PDT #21263 of 28379
Because books.

I got Dark Places and I had trouble getting into it -- the protagonist was unlikeable in a way Nick wasn't, for me. I'll pick it up again later, though.


sj - Aug 18, 2013 3:57:23 pm PDT #21264 of 28379
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Truly, I went into a little bit of book withdrawal after I was done with all of them.


javachik - Aug 18, 2013 3:58:12 pm PDT #21265 of 28379
Our wings are not tired.

I found the protoganist in Dark Places to, in the end, be the most likable protagonist out of Flynn's 3 books (she's the only one who's on a path to getting somewhere in life IMO), that said I wouldn't want to have a cup of coffee with anyone in any of her books! Yikes.


sj - Aug 18, 2013 3:59:23 pm PDT #21266 of 28379
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Amy, I actually loved the protagonist in Dark Places the best. I loved how completely and unapologetically fucked up she was.