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I’m sorry, could you give us an example? Not meaning to sound rude but I cannot think of a single circumstance where she doesn’t own up to her problems.
One of these "problems" is Celaena's depiction of Nehemia's death. Crown of Midnight has her claiming she and Chaol have failed protecting their friend. Then, Heir of Fire has her realizing Chaol is not the only one to shift blame on for Nehemia's death and seeing Chaol in a less negative light. All these internal monologues get thrown out the window in Queen of Shadows, Celaena up and decides Chaol is the only one at fault for Nehemia's death and she isn't at fault at all. I think owning up to her mistakes depends on the book. Celaena's characterization is all over the place so yes in one book she owns up to her mistakes while another book has her shifting blame to others. It all depends on what version of Celaena/Aelin is being introduced.
Ok, if you put it that way I get it. I think mainly in the case of Nehemia’s death, she loved her friend dearly and thought she could’ve saved her if Chaol had told her. She was obviously very angry and not thinking straight, but I get what you mean. Thanks.
Oops. I just thought of something. Nehemia dies in the second book, and you said all books after the third were horrible......?
This is my opinion so we'll both probably agree to disagree but Celaena goes from confident to arrogant and other characters are all over the place in their characterizations. These changes start to happen in Queen of Shadows.
Ok I see. I do agree to disagree on this one, though I think she is humbled a lot during the war especially when Maeve tortured her
Random addition to the posts, this is probably one of the nicest conversations regarding differences in opinion I've had in awhile. It's nice to simply have a discussion
Yes I agree, there was another post I commented on defending someone’s answer and someone else came and called me a b**** and blocked me—this is one of the nicest conversations I’ve had online in a while. Thanks a lot for it
While rereading the third and fourth book, I still love it but am more inclined to agree with you. I just finished reading the part where Aelin argues with Chaol in the sewers and realised that Chaol had absolutely no reason to act that way to her about magic. So yes, the characterisation is messy bu tthe book is still good
Some people don't handle critique well unfortunately. I can't say anything because in real life when someone gets haughty while criticizing then I see red, also. (But it's more based on person's attitude than the argument presented.)
Going back to ToG series, I adored the third book because there was a lot of character development. Alas, you know got the gist of my feelings for book 4- I don't want to beat a dead horse.
Hmm. I guess I can’t say I don’t let my temper get the better of me also, but at least I kept my cool in that earlier convo. ;D
Yes— book 4, Aelin returns to Adarlan, dun dun dun. Many things are messy in that one book I guess for example, why was Lorcan able to be left to his own devices in another continent? Who knows. I certainly don’t believe Maeve couldn’t have called him back. Eh well, I’m now on the last book and I have to say I’m still filled with the same amount of anticipation.
I think Sarah switching to another characters POV in the middle of something else really builds that tension though
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I’m sorry, could you give us an example? Not meaning to sound rude but I cannot think of a single circumstance where she doesn’t own up to her problems.
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One of these "problems" is Celaena's depiction of Nehemia's death. Crown of Midnight has her claiming she and Chaol have failed protecting their friend. Then, Heir of Fire has her realizing Chaol is not the only one to shift blame on for Nehemia's death and seeing Chaol in a less negative light. All these internal monologues get thrown out the window in Queen of Shadows, Celaena up and decides Chaol is the only one at fault for Nehemia's death and she isn't at fault at all. I think owning up to her mistakes depends on the book. Celaena's characterization is all over the place so yes in one book she owns up to her mistakes while another book has her shifting blame to others. It all depends on what version of Celaena/Aelin is being introduced.
Ok, if you put it that way I get it. I think mainly in the case of Nehemia’s death, she loved her friend dearly and thought she could’ve saved her if Chaol had told her. She was obviously very angry and not thinking straight, but I get what you mean. Thanks.
Oops. I just thought of something. Nehemia dies in the second book, and you said all books after the third were horrible......?
This is my opinion so we'll both probably agree to disagree but Celaena goes from confident to arrogant and other characters are all over the place in their characterizations. These changes start to happen in Queen of Shadows.
Ok I see. I do agree to disagree on this one, though I think she is humbled a lot during the war especially when Maeve tortured her
Random addition to the posts, this is probably one of the nicest conversations regarding differences in opinion I've had in awhile. It's nice to simply have a discussion
Yes I agree, there was another post I commented on defending someone’s answer and someone else came and called me a b**** and blocked me—this is one of the nicest conversations I’ve had online in a while. Thanks a lot for it
While rereading the third and fourth book, I still love it but am more inclined to agree with you. I just finished reading the part where Aelin argues with Chaol in the sewers and realised that Chaol had absolutely no reason to act that way to her about magic. So yes, the characterisation is messy bu tthe book is still good
Some people don't handle critique well unfortunately. I can't say anything because in real life when someone gets haughty while criticizing then I see red, also. (But it's more based on person's attitude than the argument presented.) Going back to ToG series, I adored the third book because there was a lot of character development. Alas, you know got the gist of my feelings for book 4- I don't want to beat a dead horse.
Hmm. I guess I can’t say I don’t let my temper get the better of me also, but at least I kept my cool in that earlier convo. ;D Yes— book 4, Aelin returns to Adarlan, dun dun dun. Many things are messy in that one book I guess for example, why was Lorcan able to be left to his own devices in another continent? Who knows. I certainly don’t believe Maeve couldn’t have called him back. Eh well, I’m now on the last book and I have to say I’m still filled with the same amount of anticipation.
I think Sarah switching to another characters POV in the middle of something else really builds that tension though
