it's in the trunk
Despite all the immature complaining I do, I really love my family. Today as I come back home after the endless (or so it feels) lectures, I find the stereo blasting Metallica so hard the ceiling's shaking. There's tuna sauce ready and waiting for me and the water meant for my noodles is almost boiling. My sister's baking gingerbread cookies. The proper Finnish kind dark and sweet with syrup and exotic spices. My brother's forking down his food as if he hadn't been fed in weeks. The dogs wag their tales and sleep in my feet. Yeah, we are the model example of a dysfunctional family but damn do I love living with these crazies.
And then some book recs. Or to be more precise, some completely incoherent babbling. Not too many spoilers, but don't blame me if I spoil the book for you.
American Gods
Man, I should have written this ages ago. I adore Gaiman. Both the myth whore and comparative religions student in me went wild while reading this. I adore the characters. Gaiman has this wicked way of writing characters that at first glance seem like total caricatures. But when you look at them more, you notice how damn realistic they are. That one is a lot like your crazy great aunt. And the other one brings your fifth grade teacher to mind. The plot is great, the language impeccable, the characters engrossing. But I guess more than anything in this book I loved the relationship Shadow and Laura have. Sure, it's not an easy one. I mean he's an ex convict, she slept with his best friend, Shadow's a bit odd and oh yeah, Laura's dead. A walking corpse. Zombie. Whatever. Still they love each other so much it's enough to change the world. One of the best relationships I've ever seen in any book. Also the way Gaiman described riding a thunderbird was breathtaking.
Dark Lover
Hmm. Now what to write. This isn't one of those books rich in symbolism that try to tell you some profound truths about life, death, humanity or religion. Dark Lover is meant for amusement. And it sure as hell does its job. It takes the cliched idea of vampires and gives it a totally new and refreshing spin.
I do have my problems with the book, of course. The characters are so very emotional, for one thing. And then there's the thing where "female vampires need the blood of males and vice versa". Now, I could write half an essay on how this represents the heterosexual dogma and yadda yadda yaa. But! It works. In this book, in the world they live in, it works so damn well that I can't complain. Well, not much anyhow.
I had my doubts with this book. When the main characters were doing the horizontal tango for the first time around page 63 (when their first meeting was on page 38 or something,) I almost considered the book a waste of £5.72. And the I read 10 more pages and was hooked. Totally utterly hooked. The book is predictable, the characters a bit too, well, cliched. But I don't care. I want more!
I loved the relationships in this book. Especially those that tie the members of the Brotherhood together. Somehow it reminds me of the whole Sparhawk and his best friend thing. If you'd multiply Kalten by 5 and make him into a merciless, ultra macho, black leather clad psychotic maniac. Yeah, the members of the Brotherhood don't have too firm grips on reality even on the best of days. But I love them all. Especially Zsadist! -_-;; Uh, yeah.
Anyhow, if you're looking for something amusing and good and yes, a good deal hot and somewhat exotic, you might like this one.
Quote just 'cause I can:
Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistible urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex.
Yippee.
And now to order the next parts.
And then some book recs. Or to be more precise, some completely incoherent babbling. Not too many spoilers, but don't blame me if I spoil the book for you.
American Gods
Man, I should have written this ages ago. I adore Gaiman. Both the myth whore and comparative religions student in me went wild while reading this. I adore the characters. Gaiman has this wicked way of writing characters that at first glance seem like total caricatures. But when you look at them more, you notice how damn realistic they are. That one is a lot like your crazy great aunt. And the other one brings your fifth grade teacher to mind. The plot is great, the language impeccable, the characters engrossing. But I guess more than anything in this book I loved the relationship Shadow and Laura have. Sure, it's not an easy one. I mean he's an ex convict, she slept with his best friend, Shadow's a bit odd and oh yeah, Laura's dead. A walking corpse. Zombie. Whatever. Still they love each other so much it's enough to change the world. One of the best relationships I've ever seen in any book. Also the way Gaiman described riding a thunderbird was breathtaking.
Dark Lover
Hmm. Now what to write. This isn't one of those books rich in symbolism that try to tell you some profound truths about life, death, humanity or religion. Dark Lover is meant for amusement. And it sure as hell does its job. It takes the cliched idea of vampires and gives it a totally new and refreshing spin.
I do have my problems with the book, of course. The characters are so very emotional, for one thing. And then there's the thing where "female vampires need the blood of males and vice versa". Now, I could write half an essay on how this represents the heterosexual dogma and yadda yadda yaa. But! It works. In this book, in the world they live in, it works so damn well that I can't complain. Well, not much anyhow.
I had my doubts with this book. When the main characters were doing the horizontal tango for the first time around page 63 (when their first meeting was on page 38 or something,) I almost considered the book a waste of £5.72. And the I read 10 more pages and was hooked. Totally utterly hooked. The book is predictable, the characters a bit too, well, cliched. But I don't care. I want more!
I loved the relationships in this book. Especially those that tie the members of the Brotherhood together. Somehow it reminds me of the whole Sparhawk and his best friend thing. If you'd multiply Kalten by 5 and make him into a merciless, ultra macho, black leather clad psychotic maniac. Yeah, the members of the Brotherhood don't have too firm grips on reality even on the best of days. But I love them all. Especially Zsadist! -_-;; Uh, yeah.
Anyhow, if you're looking for something amusing and good and yes, a good deal hot and somewhat exotic, you might like this one.
Quote just 'cause I can:
Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistible urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex.
Yippee.
And now to order the next parts.