i promise not to blow the address again
So last night I turned off the debate about five minutes in and instead finished The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan, book three of the second Percy Jackson series. Imagine me, if you will, practically dangling off the couch in my excitement because the climax of the book is really excellent and clever, and then... CLIFFHANGER. I put my iPad down and said, out loud, in my otherwise empty apartment, "FUCK YOU AND YOUR FUCKING CLIFFHANGERS. 2013? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?"
All of which is to say that I really liked it - ♥ANNABETH♥ - but if you can hold out until the series is done, maybe you should do that, because Riordan does like his cliffhangers.
Okay, so I knew that Annabeth would have to confront Arachne and that it would be the real climax of the book, Percy and Jason fighting Otis and Ephialtes notwithstanding (the pirate ship tribute doused in Coke - oh Percy, I love your brain), and I really like how that all played out, with Annabeth having to weave her way across the chasm, and then con Arachne into weaving herself into a trap, but then Annabeth and Percy let themselves fall into Tartarus and, you guys, I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE BOOK TO END THERE. I mean, obviously, Annabeth finding the statue and the others rescuing Nico was CLEARLY the END of the book, but even so, I was like, WAIT WHAT? HOW CAN IT STOP THERE? This is the danger of reading ebooks sometimes, I think - you can't really tell how much is left, so the ending can sneak up on you. Anyway, I really liked it. I just really like that Percy Jackson kid for some reason, and I'm reasonably fond of the others, as well. (Oh, Leo.)
On Tuesday, while waiting for my TV, I finished Moon Over Soho, the second Peter Grant novel by Ben Aaronovitch. I liked it - I thought the mystery itself was less compelling, or, perhaps, easier to figure out, than the first book, but I liked how it intersected with Peter's life. I was annoyed with him that it took him so long to figure out that Simone was one of the jazz vampires, since it was clear that she was neck-deep in it from the get-go, but I really liked how jazz wound through and around the the story, that even as he was solving these particular crimes - that the bit from the end of the last book about the dude whose penis got bit off was followed up on - he was also seeing something new in his dad (the keyboard playing) and how his knowledge of jazz helped him investigate. I also liked learning a little more about Nightingale and magic in this world. TELL ME MORE, PLEASE, MR. AARONOVITCH. *chinhands*
I have the third one, but I might wait a while to read it, just to have it to look forward to. I've been thinking about doing a reread of Foucault's Pendulum, since it's been a while and I love that book dearly. I don't know. I guess we'll see.
And while we're talking about books, here's another interesting interview with Junot Diaz.
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All of which is to say that I really liked it - ♥ANNABETH♥ - but if you can hold out until the series is done, maybe you should do that, because Riordan does like his cliffhangers.
Okay, so I knew that Annabeth would have to confront Arachne and that it would be the real climax of the book, Percy and Jason fighting Otis and Ephialtes notwithstanding (the pirate ship tribute doused in Coke - oh Percy, I love your brain), and I really like how that all played out, with Annabeth having to weave her way across the chasm, and then con Arachne into weaving herself into a trap, but then Annabeth and Percy let themselves fall into Tartarus and, you guys, I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE BOOK TO END THERE. I mean, obviously, Annabeth finding the statue and the others rescuing Nico was CLEARLY the END of the book, but even so, I was like, WAIT WHAT? HOW CAN IT STOP THERE? This is the danger of reading ebooks sometimes, I think - you can't really tell how much is left, so the ending can sneak up on you. Anyway, I really liked it. I just really like that Percy Jackson kid for some reason, and I'm reasonably fond of the others, as well. (Oh, Leo.)
On Tuesday, while waiting for my TV, I finished Moon Over Soho, the second Peter Grant novel by Ben Aaronovitch. I liked it - I thought the mystery itself was less compelling, or, perhaps, easier to figure out, than the first book, but I liked how it intersected with Peter's life. I was annoyed with him that it took him so long to figure out that Simone was one of the jazz vampires, since it was clear that she was neck-deep in it from the get-go, but I really liked how jazz wound through and around the the story, that even as he was solving these particular crimes - that the bit from the end of the last book about the dude whose penis got bit off was followed up on - he was also seeing something new in his dad (the keyboard playing) and how his knowledge of jazz helped him investigate. I also liked learning a little more about Nightingale and magic in this world. TELL ME MORE, PLEASE, MR. AARONOVITCH. *chinhands*
I have the third one, but I might wait a while to read it, just to have it to look forward to. I've been thinking about doing a reread of Foucault's Pendulum, since it's been a while and I love that book dearly. I don't know. I guess we'll see.
And while we're talking about books, here's another interesting interview with Junot Diaz.
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This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/506645.html.
people have commented there.