Birthday + Abhorsen Trilogy
Jun. 21st, 2015 11:09 pmThank you for all your birthday wishes! I had an excellent 36th birthday even if it was spent in a whirlwind of travel.
*hugs*
I am so grateful for all of you and the joy you've brought into my life over the last decade.
I finished the Abhorsen trilogy while I was visiting my parents this weekend. Y'all, I know I had some issues with the first book, Sabriel, that![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
the_rck sums up pretty well: I think that it's pretty hard to get emotionally involved in most of Nix's stories (at least those that I've read). I think part of it is that he doesn't dig very far into his character's emotions, not in ways that engage readers, at least. So you kind of know, for example, that a character is probably frightened because what's going on is clearly described as terrifying, but the character doesn't react with any depth to show how that particular person responds to fear and to make the reader feel empathetic fear. source
That is exactly how I felt while reading Sabriel. I knew she was sad because what was happening would make anyone sad, but her sadness wasn't made palpable for me. I wonder if that's a deliberate choice for Sabriel's character, though--for her to be so stoic and practical and down to business--because two seconds into Lirael, the second book, I've got all the emotional depth I could ever want.
( spoilers for Lirael and Abhorsen )
Next, I think I shall read Mira Grant's Parasite.
I have posts to make about Game of Thrones and Penny Dreadful in the next few days, which I know you all await with bated breath dangling on your tenterhooks.
*hugs*
I am so grateful for all of you and the joy you've brought into my life over the last decade.
I finished the Abhorsen trilogy while I was visiting my parents this weekend. Y'all, I know I had some issues with the first book, Sabriel, that
the_rck sums up pretty well: I think that it's pretty hard to get emotionally involved in most of Nix's stories (at least those that I've read). I think part of it is that he doesn't dig very far into his character's emotions, not in ways that engage readers, at least. So you kind of know, for example, that a character is probably frightened because what's going on is clearly described as terrifying, but the character doesn't react with any depth to show how that particular person responds to fear and to make the reader feel empathetic fear. sourceThat is exactly how I felt while reading Sabriel. I knew she was sad because what was happening would make anyone sad, but her sadness wasn't made palpable for me. I wonder if that's a deliberate choice for Sabriel's character, though--for her to be so stoic and practical and down to business--because two seconds into Lirael, the second book, I've got all the emotional depth I could ever want.
( spoilers for Lirael and Abhorsen )
Next, I think I shall read Mira Grant's Parasite.
I have posts to make about Game of Thrones and Penny Dreadful in the next few days, which I know you all await with bated breath dangling on your tenterhooks.
