*posts, then picks up the book again*
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jmc_bksI am bored. Bored by this book. Which book, you wonder? Lover Revealed. I picked up a copy of it at lunch yesterday. But such is my Miles-love that I couldn't start it until I finished A Civil Campaign. What can I say? Maniacal dwarfs with distorted body image really do it for me.
Anyway, I got around to starting Lover Revealed this morning. Snowing like crazy, so I worked from home...as much as is possible: my job really is office-based, most of the materials are there in hard copy, not electronic, not accessible from home even with Citrix connectivity. After the work was done, I settled down to read. Of course, I read the itty bitty excerpt from Vishous's book first, since I'm fascinated by The Hand and The Tattoos. I liked Xhex from the excerpt online, so I was wondering if V would get a hardassed heroine, but it looks like no. [If you hang out at Ward's MB, you probably already know that...but I don't, so it was news to me.] Then back to the front of the book to read Marissa & Butch's story. Except I fell asleep....in the middle of the day! Sitting upright on the couch! Okay, I was tired, but still, I don't often fall asleep during the middle of the day while reading an anticipated new book.
I'm awake again, obviously, and reading it and I think some of Ward's imagery and language are excellent. But then the names and the labels and the slang just kill the story for me. I haven't found a reason to like or care for Butch as a hero. I'm interested in Marissa, and in seeing if she turns out to be a more active, assertive heroine than Beth, Mary or Bella. I'm also interested in seeing where, if anywhere, Ward goes with women's roles in the vampire society, but that's probably not a subject to be tackled in a single book, more likely over a story arc if addressed at all. Frankly, it seems extremely restricted and subservient to me through the first three books, which is kind of grating on me.
Anyway, I got around to starting Lover Revealed this morning. Snowing like crazy, so I worked from home...as much as is possible: my job really is office-based, most of the materials are there in hard copy, not electronic, not accessible from home even with Citrix connectivity. After the work was done, I settled down to read. Of course, I read the itty bitty excerpt from Vishous's book first, since I'm fascinated by The Hand and The Tattoos. I liked Xhex from the excerpt online, so I was wondering if V would get a hardassed heroine, but it looks like no. [If you hang out at Ward's MB, you probably already know that...but I don't, so it was news to me.] Then back to the front of the book to read Marissa & Butch's story. Except I fell asleep....in the middle of the day! Sitting upright on the couch! Okay, I was tired, but still, I don't often fall asleep during the middle of the day while reading an anticipated new book.
I'm awake again, obviously, and reading it and I think some of Ward's imagery and language are excellent. But then the names and the labels and the slang just kill the story for me. I haven't found a reason to like or care for Butch as a hero. I'm interested in Marissa, and in seeing if she turns out to be a more active, assertive heroine than Beth, Mary or Bella. I'm also interested in seeing where, if anywhere, Ward goes with women's roles in the vampire society, but that's probably not a subject to be tackled in a single book, more likely over a story arc if addressed at all. Frankly, it seems extremely restricted and subservient to me through the first three books, which is kind of grating on me.
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