Breed out the Scary

[tmwriter70]

Breeding Ground was an interesting novel to read. I liked the premise, although, having a pregnant wife didn’t make the opening of this novel easy to read. I would read some, then put my hand on my wife’s belly and feel our son kicking and think it was some spider thing eating her from the inside out. Because of that, this book was all the more

Comments

[anonymous]

I am so glad you pointed out a couple of things that irked me about Breeding Ground, too. I couldn't buy for a second that Matthew hadn't noticed that every single woman in the world was getting sick and going missing. That everything more or less collapsed on one day was just far too convenient. Also, I, too, felt that the digs at males were absurd and off-putting. To me, they read like a female writer's unsuccessful attempts to get inside the male head. Of course, I'm female, too, so I can't absolutely guarantee she's wrong, and that makes it even more gratifying to see that you didn't like it, either. Thanks for a great post!

[anonymous]

Sorry...forgot to sign....

Kathleen Pynn

[narfnitsirk]

I think you're right about things collapsing too fast...look at how long they took in The Stand... that crazy guy was yelling about the end of the world for a long time.

I agree with a lot of your complaints about this book, but do agree that it was still a pretty solid book.
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Kristin

Men vs. Women

[ext_242841]

I felt the same thing about the "male" protagonist -- he didn't feel male to me at all. Instead, I got the impression he was a woman trying to be ultra masculine to prove something... and missing a lot of other normal things along the way. This really distracted me from the monster and the general themes of the book.

Breeding Ground response

[ext_246876]

I think it's interesting you felt she was purposefully taking a jab at the male reader. I actually felt (as you know, since you read and commented on my post) that she was fairly eaten up with self loathing for her own gender. I wonder how much - if any - of this is due to the fact that this was a female writer trying to break into a fairly male dominated genre. I think it would be fascinating to her the author's take on this, actually...