I think Ward is not the best of writers, technically speaking. A lot of her prose just made me cringe. But she is a good storyteller and sprinkles great images (one about a float bobbing to the surface sticks in my mind) in the text of her books. I have stopped drinking the Khool-Aid. Too much head hopping. And although I get the message of this book, change or die, I still feel like the plotting and world building are not planned, but change or are demolished simply to serve the "couple" at hand.
And I'm not really sure about the whole ghay thing with Qhuinn. I mean, is he strhaight? Is he bhi? Is he ghay? Or is his "rejection" of Blay because he sees himself settling down someday with a shellan just the vampire version of being stuck in the closet?
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Date: 2008-06-06 08:18 pm (UTC)I think Ward is not the best of writers, technically speaking. A lot of her prose just made me cringe. But she is a good storyteller and sprinkles great images (one about a float bobbing to the surface sticks in my mind) in the text of her books. I have stopped drinking the Khool-Aid. Too much head hopping. And although I get the message of this book, change or die, I still feel like the plotting and world building are not planned, but change or are demolished simply to serve the "couple" at hand.
And I'm not really sure about the whole ghay thing with Qhuinn. I mean, is he strhaight? Is he bhi? Is he ghay? Or is his "rejection" of Blay because he sees himself settling down someday with a shellan just the vampire version of being stuck in the closet?