Scant Consolations

[rj_anderson]

Man, The King of Attolia is a good book. Being in the throes of revisions, I picked it up just now to see if I could find a wasted scene to make me feel better, and I couldn't find one.

Then I started reading and didn't want to put it down, which is silly since I've already read it twice in the past six months.

*shakes fist in general direction of the US* CURSE YOU, MEGAN WHALEN TURNER!

For not writing the next book already, I mean..

Comments

[my_daroga]

Oh man. I haven't read the third one yet, but I meant to talk to you about The Queen of Attolia after I read it. Remember my husband was all "pooh! Why did she ruin a perfectly good character!" and I kind of... agree.

I don't mind huge shifts in the direction of a story. But I never understood what he liked/loved about her. It just seemed arbitrary. I'm just not sure why any of it happened.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

I'm probably not the best person to answer this question, because I never gave it a second thought. Well, other than to say, "OMG HOW COOL," anyway.

Seriously, now that I do think about it, it's possible that MWT could have set it up a little better than she did, or at least explained it a little better after the fact, but I do think the hints were there early enough to justify the revelation -- I certainly saw it coming, although I wondered for a while if she really was going to Go There or whether I was deranged and imagining it.

But then, I thought that Thief was okay but nothing special, and only really became an Insane Fan once I read QoA and especially KoA, so like I said I'm the wrong person to advise somebody who liked Gen just fine from the beginning.

[my_daroga]

Good point. I know what you mean, when it comes to people being fans for different reasons and therefore picking up different things.

I only liked Gen at the very end of The Thief. And when I heard the summary of QoA, I was fascinated. Mr. Daroga said he didn't like it, but I was all, "no way, man. Anything with that plot must rule." And yet, it didn't work on me. It's not the plot--it's MWT's carrying out of it that didn't capture me.

Ah well!

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can see that. I still think you might like KoA, though.

[my_daroga]

I do plan on reading it, eventually. Out of interest to see if she "fixes" things for me, if nothing else.