Kay's comments
(member since Jul 24, 2008)
Kay's comments from the Endicott Mythic Fiction group.
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Thanks for your thoughts, Em... I'm still trying to decide if I'll continue reading. I have such a hard time stopping a book in the middle, but I'm trying to tell myself that it's okay if I don't connect with everything I begin. Saves time ;) My Mieville fan friend says that she much prefers his adult books, so perhaps they're more character driven.
I didn't want to post this in the discussion section in case I do finish it and don't want spoilers, but I've been having trouble connecting with the characters in this book. I just realized I'm on chapter 24 and still don't feel like I know them, or care what's going to happen. I was just curious if this was something I had to keep reading to get into more, or if the involvement is similar throughout the book? Like I mentioned, a lot of people have recommended China Mieville to me, so I'd like to finish, but it seems to be taking me quite a while. I've been distracted, so it could be that I'm not reading closely enough.
Thanks so much for posting this, it's fabulous.
This happened to be the topic of discussion today on one of my favorite artist's journals: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/0...He was discussing the prevalence of watery deaths in victorian paintings, but also discussed the characteristics that were placed on females by men at that time:
http://www.victorianweb.org/books/suicid...
"Women were fictionalized and mythologized much as were monsters in Victorian England. They too were made into "others" -- weaker vessels or demons, angels in the house or fallen angels"
Mary, I'll certainly be keeping my eyes open. Might ask around as well and let everyone know if I discover any gems.
Just a reminder that if there aren't any other takers, Baobhan will probably want it returned : )I loved the pirate story as well.
I plan to start reading this one tonight or tomorrow-- Mieville has been recommended to me a few times, so I'm really excited to start!
Just finished this one up yesterday.I was ho-hum about it when I started, then couldn't stop reading somewhere towards the middle, but it did feel like the ending was very rushed. Very let down that there wasn't something deeper going on.
I actually didn't think about how it was an archetypical muse portrayal until now, which is shocking because it stood out for me so much in books like Mortal Love and the like. Now that I look back though, you're very right about it, Mary. It makes me eager to find a book about inspiration that doesn't cast the female in that light.
I think I need to read a Tam Lin tale, Roby. With Rois and Laurel, I think what frustrated me was that the motivations seemed to be directed solely towards this man. That's hard for me to relate to and less interesting for me to read about. I do agree about the Queen being an archetype though.
I really, really enjoy McKillip's style-- her Riddlemaster series was one of my favorites. Winter Rose didn't strike as big a chord in terms of plot... I didn't feel like the characters were fleshed out enough, and thought that Rois' motivation was a little vague. I did enjoy reading it for the descriptions though. I look forward to reading more of her books, since this was the first I'd read outside of McKillip's series.
I've nearly finished this one... hope to discuss soon.
Finished this today. Some bits of it I enjoyed very much, but other stories were difficult. It took me some time to figure out what she was talking about towards the beginning of some stories. I think I would have enjoyed them more if I was at a different stage in my life. So overall, I was half into it, and half displaced.
I'm behind yet again on our reading choices, so I won't be joining you all right away. I am certainly looking forward to it though, so I'll add my comments when I get there.
I'm almost finished with Baobhan's copy too, so it'll be available soon. I was having a hard time getting into it so it took me longer than anticipated.
WHOOPS... when I went to find this book, I realized I was thinking of a different deLint book that I've owned forever. I had to purchase this one online, so it'll be coming in late.
Revisiting this topic though it seems to have wrapped up, forgive me.I don't have a specific question, but wanted to comment that I really enjoyed the book. Having lost a friend when I was young, I recognized that detachment that comes afterwards and it was interesting watching the characters deal with it in different ways. The style felt very fitting, and unique in an adult novel.
That was all, just wanted to say thanks, Christopher. I just borrowed your second novel from the library and look forward to reading that as well.
I knew that Something Rich and Strange was apart of that series because I had the Brian Froud illustrated edition, but didn't realize that the others were. Wood Wife is one of my favorite books though and it always leaves me wishing that Windling would write more novel-length fiction.
Thanks for that bit of information, Emilie, I'll have to look up Hannah's Garden now too...
I've owned that one for a while, so I will.
Ah, there you are. I'll go ahead and add you then, if that's okay.
Welcome back, Reem. I'm on facebook, but there are several Reem Kattans so I'm not sure which is you!
