Random thoughts about Fandom
Recently I read this book. I don't want to do a review about, because I already wrote one here, but I want to start from this reading for thinking a little about what fandom is become lately.
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I was reading this book and I found it incredibly moving and exciting (except after page 350...if you have suicide tendencies or you're depressed, don't read this part. I can imagine the Audrey Niffenegger wrote this part while thinking "and now I'm going to put tragedy, because I want to be quoted as an Author, not a best seller writer...more sad, more death, more misfortune, MORE MORE!").
Every book-releated website is filled by declaration of love for this book...someone is so brave to refer to it as "my favourite book ever". But there are bad reviews too. It's normal, ok, everyone has different taste.
Everything is began from a secret, in which someone said that Twilight is a shit and this book is not better. I can understand that male readers did not find ah huge masterpiece in a book about a love story, but...you've to be objective. You don't like it, ok, but this book is built with a gorgeous technic; it's impossible to even compare a flat, descriptive, predictable plot with one with a unique form, built in a fluent way of flashback and flashforward, with a circle of continuing influences of the past on the future and viceversa. It's complex but it's so easy to understand...because of the writer is good in her job. Another point; someone said Twilight vampires are innovative because...well, they actually sparkle. Wow. Twilight is not only about teenagers, it seems to be written by a teenager, or at least with them as referring audience. I'm not saying is a shit, I'm saying is a good best-seller novel, but nothing innovative. Comparing it with Time Traveller's Wife is not fair, because, even with its faults, it's an adult book, written by an adult author that showed a lot of experience, expecially if you consider that she is a debut artist, for adult readers.
Searching for more, I found a ridicolous amount of negative comments, 90% of them made by males. I can summarize all of those in "this is a F****** love story, I hate love story, so this is a shit". Well...it's not a secret that the plot is revolving on a love story. So...it's probabily romantic! Gosh! If you don't like this stuff, why do you want to loose hours of your precious time to read 500+ pages book? Only to write that is a shit? This is insane.
I also found a commenter, the best one, that finished his review with this line "In future I wont read another book written by a woman. Everything romantic..." WHAT? If you like girl being raped, not loved, if you like splatter, horror, and only God knows what, why do you decide to read this book? I can list, thinking only 3 seconds, at least 3 female writers more sensual and violent plots than a normal male author.
About the book itself ...a movie adaptation is coming. I don't know what to think about. I definitely want to see, but from the trailer the feeling is like they wanted to realize a romantic movie, cutting off all the original parts, making flat the plot.
Eric Bana for Henry is ok, but I was thinking about Christian Bale. It's more tormented, it could be perfect for this role! I really like Rachel McAdams, but...she is not my Clare, judging from the trailer!