his writing does not grab me.
There's no density to it, no full sensory experience, no layers. It means his work can be easily adapted to the screen, I suspect. But it's just 2D to me.
IMO! Other people may be getting more out of it than I do.
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It's a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
Anya ,'Sleeper'
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."
Consuela - Dec 21, 2024 2:12:01 pm PST #28091 of 28094
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
-t - Dec 21, 2024 2:37:32 pm PST #28092 of 28094
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That does sound right. I’m gonna file that away to think about next time I do read something of his. I get in moods where thinking about why I don’t really like what I’m reading seems way more important than just reading something I like…and if I do like the next thing of his, considering it under this lens should also be illuminating.
I’m currently reading Days of Shattered Faith and I have zero complaints so far. Other than with my memory, since I can remember just enough from the first two books to be sure that I’m missing a lot of references/resonances (like “oh, this character is actually that character from the first book! What was his deal? Nope, don’t remember” only it takes a lot longer for me to work through that
I have Something Extraordinary up next and that whole series has been such a mixed bag of stuff I wanted to like conceptually mixed with stuff I actually like rather a lot but peppered with stuff I just don’t care for at all. I don’t know whether I hope I like it or look forward to hating it at this point
Dana - Dec 21, 2024 4:07:09 pm PST #28093 of 28094
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I really liked Redshirts. Starter Villain was fine.
Pix - Dec 21, 2024 9:59:54 pm PST #28094 of 28094
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Huh. I loved the Old Man's War series and pretty much everything else he's written.