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Sep 21, 2009 20:32

So, I'm in the process of reading this trilogy and I'm on the third book.  By page 54, I'm convinced that it was actually written by someone on Fanfiction.net who didn't really recall the first two books and didn't have copies to reference.  It was then edited by an idiot, if at all. Book 1 is about Brooke.  Brooke is the main character. All 448 pages are about Brooke. That's Brooke, right?  Book 2 gives Brooke her own little side story.  She's still Brooke.  In book 3, Brooke mysteriously becomes Brett.  She is called Brett about 5 times in a single page.  How does an author forget the name of the main character in book 1 of a trilogy she is writing? Aside from that, Verna Sprigg's quilt shop is called the Sewing Circle in books 1 and 2 and becomes the Helping Hands Quilt Shop in book 3.  OK, maybe she changed the name, but I keep trying to ask Brett about it and she just looks at me like "is she talking to me?"  Leah's never-seen ex-fiance from book 2 is Joseph Yoder, son of Paul and Mary Yoder.  In book 3, he is Joseph Lanz (or Lenz or whatever), brother-in-law of Sam Yoder, who is now the son of Paul and Mary Yoder.  The book doesn't even read like it's written by the same person.  It really reads like a badfic from fanfiction.net.

I was annoyed all through book 2 that Brooke's husband Daniel from book 1 has somehow become Dan.  That doesn't seem so bad now.

And the biggest mystery is that I shall probably finish the book (though there will be skimming involved) if for nothing else, to see if Brooke ever becomes Brooke again.

badfic, wtf, books

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