Pretty Little Liars - books two and three

[iridescentglow]

I'm still reading the Pretty Little Liars books and they are still TERRIBLE. However, the Aria/Ezra stuff is still lulz-y enough to recap. For more riveting talk of Aria's life in Iceland, plus an artistic rendering I have done of Aria (based on Sara Shepard's descriptions), continue onward...

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[meltingconfetti]

AHAHAHA. I love your version of an unforgettably angular face.

[para1]

I'm not sure if I get these books. Is the author serious-serious, just seriously into unrealiable narrators, or is intionally turning the whole thing into a joke?

[iridescentglow]

Well, Sara Shepard is a glorified ghostwriter. The PLL premise is not hers: it was trademarked by Alloy and then she was conscripted to write a "teen Desperate Housewives" book series to which they felt the market was open. So on the one hand, these books aren't her pride and joy, so I wouldn't be surprised if she just hammered them out. But on the other hand, she's providing a professional service to an outside company, so she has to take the writing fairly seriously.

SOME of the descriptions are clearly meant to be tongue-in-cheek, but there are just as many where I think Sara Shepard has no idea what bad writing she's putting out there. She's very much like a newbie fanfic writer in that respect.

Although I keep joking about it, I'm pretty sure absolutely no one in the series is an unreliable narrator (if Shepard's gonna turn round and make Aria the killer in the end, she's done hash job of foreshadowing it, that's for sure).

[mad_madrasi]

I found your posts while browsing my Friends of Friends page, and I'm loving your reviews & recaps, so friending. *waves*

[neversince]

Man! This makes me want to read those terrible, horrific books!

Angular face made me LOL, no lies.

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