In which Jessica and Elizabeth go to London, meet weird hot British guys, and realise there's a werewolf on the prowl. That's... pretty much it
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Werewolves and London and Stereotypes - Oh My!ez_ozJune 5 2007, 01:21:32 UTC
How on earth did two American teens get internship jobs with a London newspaper? Especially considering Jess has no newspaper experience... and Liz, the school newspaper doesn't count! ;-)
the girls meet Emily Cartwright, a redheaded Australian Did she say "G'day mate" like Americans writers usually make Aussie characters say? (Because really I say, "How's ya goin'?", bad grammar and all ;-) )
Liz runs into a boy who apparently looks like Lord Byron That's kind of lame, knowing what a dead poet apparently looks like ;-)
Luke tells her he's going to university in the fall, and the ghostwriter loses one hundred cool points from me for forgetting that in England we have autumn. Ghostwriter = American. I'm in a writing group with Americans, and it always surprises me when someone doesn't realise that Australians spell things the British way... and that American spelling isn't the only/best way ;-) Lovely people, though.
They find some wolfsbane. What's wolfsbane?
As the last line in the book has it: "Her beloved twin sister was dead - murdered!" If the book featured werewolves, it would've been funnier if Liz went along a supernatural tangent... Jess wasn't dead; she was undead. ;-)
Thanks for the hilarity, and have a lovely day! :-)
Re: Werewolves and London and Stereotypes - Oh My!versipellisJune 5 2007, 14:33:52 UTC
I don't really know why Jess is there at all. Apart from to make out with sexy lords.
No, sadly Emily had no dodgy Australian accent at all (she says 'fellow' later, so I have a bad feeling the author forgot she wasn't English...)
Well, you know Liz. Literature!geek and all ^^
I know, I know, I shouldn't be expecting actual research on England from the ghostwriter. BUT I DO :D
Wolfsbane is a plant. According to... Harry Potter, I think, it's fatal to werewolves. According to Luke, when it flowers THE WEREWOLF IS ABROAD. Anyway, yes... it's a plant ^^
That would be so cool if Jess turned into a werewolf...
Re: Werewolves and London and Stereotypes - Oh My!dragons_f_wolfNovember 3 2007, 16:45:38 UTC
According to... Harry Potter, I think, it's fatal to werewolves. According to Luke, when it flowers THE WEREWOLF IS ABROAD.
And according to Stephen King "even a man who is pure at heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms." (Yes, I know I'm commenting on an old review. I just found this community and I'm catching up. XD)
Re: Werewolves and London and Stereotypes - Oh My!esc_keyJune 20 2007, 00:39:21 UTC
Wolfsbane is a plant sort of like a buttercup. It's an actual plant, but it often appears in werewolf literature as something that can repel werewolves (or, depending on who is writing it, turn people into werewolves). I find it convenient that they a) just found some lying around b) knew what to look for.
the girls meet Emily Cartwright, a redheaded Australian
Did she say "G'day mate" like Americans writers usually make Aussie characters say? (Because really I say, "How's ya goin'?", bad grammar and all ;-) )
Liz runs into a boy who apparently looks like Lord Byron
That's kind of lame, knowing what a dead poet apparently looks like ;-)
Luke tells her he's going to university in the fall, and the ghostwriter loses one hundred cool points from me for forgetting that in England we have autumn.
Ghostwriter = American. I'm in a writing group with Americans, and it always surprises me when someone doesn't realise that Australians spell things the British way... and that American spelling isn't the only/best way ;-) Lovely people, though.
They find some wolfsbane.
What's wolfsbane?
As the last line in the book has it: "Her beloved twin sister was dead - murdered!"
If the book featured werewolves, it would've been funnier if Liz went along a supernatural tangent... Jess wasn't dead; she was undead. ;-)
Thanks for the hilarity, and have a lovely day! :-)
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No, sadly Emily had no dodgy Australian accent at all (she says 'fellow' later, so I have a bad feeling the author forgot she wasn't English...)
Well, you know Liz. Literature!geek and all ^^
I know, I know, I shouldn't be expecting actual research on England from the ghostwriter. BUT I DO :D
Wolfsbane is a plant. According to... Harry Potter, I think, it's fatal to werewolves. According to Luke, when it flowers THE WEREWOLF IS ABROAD. Anyway, yes... it's a plant ^^
That would be so cool if Jess turned into a werewolf...
You're welcome - have a good day yourself ^^
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And according to Stephen King "even a man who is pure at heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms."
(Yes, I know I'm commenting on an old review. I just found this community and I'm catching up. XD)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum
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