le nubian and Amy, I think Gone Girl starts really slowly. She plants many clues and redundantly repeats them. Then midway through, she shifts the story in a pretty dramatic way that casts a new light on everything in the first half, which is cool and more compelling, frankly.
But both characters are patently unlikeable and I'm just not that interested in what happens to them now that I have the general gist of what happened to them. And then when I spoiled myself for the ending, it was fucked enough that I felt "enh.now I don't have to read to find out." So definitely read it if you aren't planning on spoil yourself and you'll want to know how to get to the end.
Amy, I think I ultimately like Post Apocalpytic better too. Have you read Starters? The writer lives in my neighborhood, I think. It was... okay. But part of that string of YA post apocalyptic that is the new vampire. My issue is that she is on a dystopian panel at Comic-Con and... she's just not writing dystopia!
Awesome infographic of good storytelling by Pixar: [link] I should figure out how to posterize it and put it in my classroom.
Timelies all!
We had a bit of rain this morning, which I slept through. Today will be "only" in the mid-80s, and then we go back to sauna level temps. Ah, summer in DC.
My local neighborhood (davis_square) has a community Livejournal account that has a regularly used tag "What Was THAT?" that often gets answered promptly -- it's actually kind of handy. And the Somerville official spokesperson for city hall, the delightfully named Tom Champion (who has a voice to match) makes sure to post announcements of interest to the neighborhood.
My mother doesn't get all the fuss over Tom Champion, which makes me laugh.
Kat,
I am chuckling now because I am not sure your post endorses the book as "good." Or even not good but entertaining (e.g. Da Vinci Code). DVC really isn't good at all, but man I ran through that book like a house on fire.
I think I am less interested in reading it than I was before! Esp when you indicated that the ending might suck. Grr.
I've half-seriously suggested that the city get a Tom Champion-signal that they can project from a searchlight atop City Hall when there's trouble.
Awesome infographic of good storytelling by Pixar
Love it! I find that most of the movies/books/etc I dislike fail at #14.
Market and pedicure on the way home. Now errands cause salon can't fit me in until the 28th now! Ahrg. Oh well, I'll live.
Off to see my folks this morning. Maybe I'll get a pedicure on the way home...
