spoiled
So my boyfriend gave me another book to read - this one is Chards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold who is considered one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel four times (quoted from wikipedia) she also won some other awards.
Which would make one think the book would be good, right? Especially since it was given to me by a guy saying he liked it (later on after drilling I discovered he read it as a teen so please cut him some slack here)
Well.... within the first ten pages the main heroine manages fall into captivity in a situation of one-on-one with a man (of the other side of a war), start to obsess over him for no reason - and he for her - and if that's not bad enough by mid-book he says he knew he wanted to propose her marriage because of her behavior in those first two hours of their meeting (her sassy behavior, mind you). I couldn't get rid of the feeling stench of Mary Sue. I've tried my best, really.
I'm giving up after reading 139 out of 241 pages - more than half. It just feels like a bad fanfiction. And I refuse to read a bad Mary sue when I can waste my time on better things.
also wolfma would smile at these old news:
Cat owners may have suspected as much, but it seems our feline friends have found a way to manipulate us humans. Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered that cats use a 'soliciting purr' to overpower their owners and garner attention and food
Which would make one think the book would be good, right? Especially since it was given to me by a guy saying he liked it (later on after drilling I discovered he read it as a teen so please cut him some slack here)
Well.... within the first ten pages the main heroine manages fall into captivity in a situation of one-on-one with a man (of the other side of a war), start to obsess over him for no reason - and he for her - and if that's not bad enough by mid-book he says he knew he wanted to propose her marriage because of her behavior in those first two hours of their meeting (her sassy behavior, mind you). I couldn't get rid of the feeling stench of Mary Sue. I've tried my best, really.
I'm giving up after reading 139 out of 241 pages - more than half. It just feels like a bad fanfiction. And I refuse to read a bad Mary sue when I can waste my time on better things.
also wolfma would smile at these old news:
Cat owners may have suspected as much, but it seems our feline friends have found a way to manipulate us humans. Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered that cats use a 'soliciting purr' to overpower their owners and garner attention and food