Comments | first_seventhe: In Which Sev Bestows her Critical Eye Upon a Variety of Thingeys.

first_seventhe

In Which Sev Bestows her Critical Eye Upon a Variety of Thingeys.

Apr 11, 2007 11:17

( A Discussion on why by 'Critical Eye!' I really mean 'My Long-Winded and Crappy Opinion', and such. )

critical eye!, no pants allowed, long-ass entry, this is also ira's fault, ohgod my tags are too long!!!1, yeah i stole your tag so what, rina and sev need a hobby, books, music, i heart robin mckinley liek woah, it is better than cake

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irish_ais April 11 2007, 21:05:17 UTC

I totally want this book. It sounds delicious.

first_seventhe April 11 2007, 21:13:55 UTC

Which, Sunshine? Email me your address and it's yours. In fact, I'll send you both. I AM A GIFT WHORE.

shanaqui April 11 2007, 21:20:02 UTC

Sunshine sounds interesting. >_>
And I still need to get Kushiel.

first_seventhe April 11 2007, 21:51:27 UTC

I. Can you ship books to the UK from Amazon.com?

shanaqui April 11 2007, 21:58:13 UTC

Probably? xD I think I've bought things from amazon.com before, because amazon.co.uk didn't have them. Hmm.

first_seventhe April 12 2007, 01:24:40 UTC

THIS IS TEMPTING. I COULD SEND YOU THIS BOOK, SEE.

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shahrizai April 11 2007, 22:35:06 UTC

kushiel_trilogy? Yeah, I know, I'm a pimp. But the world will eventually succumb to these books.

Hurry, finish the next three so you'll be ready for the fifth to come out in June!

first_seventhe April 12 2007, 01:25:48 UTC

OMG THERES A COMMUNITY

katmillia April 11 2007, 23:28:40 UTC

As soon as I hit the Con part I was like ANGEL OMG ANGEL IT'S ANGEL AND BUFFY AGAIN and got really excited. But basically I couldn't put that damn book DOWN it was so freaking addicting I absolutely adored it and especially the part where they are sitting in the offices and they are all staring at Con who is covered in light from the window and she just sits there and then BURSTS INTO TEARS. I WAS DYING OF AWESOME. It like was the best part of the book to me it was so amazing and intense and OMG. LoL. I am so freaking glad you sent me that, because I am now making everyone I know read it. I shall probably send you the Raven Ring as my book of choice, since it's my favorite book ever!! :D :D

first_seventhe April 12 2007, 01:26:41 UTC

OH I KNOW. I'm like CRY, SUNSHINE, CRY I AM CRYING WITH YOU

And YAY! More books! It's like an online book club. MADE OF AWESOME.

dior_anghel September 2 2007, 08:57:14 UTC

I read one of Robin McKinley's books and didn't like it at all, but Sunshine sounds really good. I think I'll get it out of the library...

As for Kushiel's Dart - I know what you mean about not understanding why her masochism makes her a candidate for a spy. The only thing I can thing of is that people don't think of 'sex-peddlers' as being very important, so as they said a couple times in KD, she won't really be noticed and she can hear more things.

I haven't finished KD yet, but my sister is halfway into the fourth book (Kushiel's Scion) and she loves them. As soon as I get through my other books I will finish Kushiel...

I agree with your last comment about Phedre's character. The narcissism is definitely the most obvious quality that keeps her from the dreaded land of Mary-Sues.

What you said earlier about the character Sunshine not being some awesome ass-kicking heroine - I love books like that, where the character is really real. Scared, and not super-strong, and just trying to survive, I guess? (Like Meg Rosoff's Just In ( ... )

first_seventhe September 4 2007, 12:06:53 UTC

I definitely recommend Sunshine if you are into realistic, scared, pretty-flawed but still-likeable heroines. RMcK is very good at that type, almost such that it's an archetype for her - all of her books are like that. But Sunshine is better. The main character is special, yes, but she's also just circumstantially special, more of the "right place, right time, oh fuck why did this happen to me" type as well.

Sunshine's terrified of herself, of what she got into, and the way that she talks herself through it and - yes, in the end, becomes an actual hero - is really some of the best storytelling ever. Yeah, she's whiny. Yeah, she's scared. But that makes it better to read about her. I mean, she makes mistakes! I GUESS HEROINES AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. Or something.

Anyway, do you recall what other RMcK book you read? To me, at least, Sunshine is quite different than the others, so I still recommend giving it a try.

dior_anghel September 4 2007, 21:01:05 UTC

I read Spindle's End.