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Glad you are enjoying your reading... I found it strange to see an adult reading comics

Miguel wrote: "Glad you are enjoying your reading... I found it strange to see an adult reading comics"

Most people reading comics today are adults, it's a carryover from their youth. Young people today play video game or enjoy other electronic pastimes.

Reading all your updates has me like "maybe I should actually read this series" because some of it sounds pretty interesting but then your 3rd point here is really the reason I won't

Kadi wrote: "Reading all your updates has me like "maybe I should actually read this series" because some of it sounds pretty interesting but then your 3rd point here is really the reason I won't"

LOL Yup, knowing you as I do, I wouldn't recommend it. It's not exactly suited if you're in the least bit squeamish about sex and violence. Mind you, it's not exceedingly graphic all the time, but when it is, it really is.

Unexpected deaths aren't always a good thing. A great many author liks to kill off characters for shock value, without thinking how it impacts the story itself.

Juho wrote: "Unexpected deaths aren't always a good thing. A great many author liks to kill off characters for shock value, without thinking how it impacts the story itself."

Well, I never said whether it was good or bad. Jury's still out. Though, I trust this author knows what he's doing.

Oh yes, here is another bit of tonal change for the series. How fun!

Alexandra Elend Wolf wrote: "Oh yes, here is another bit of tonal change for the series. How fun!"

I do appreciate how they switch up the tone every so often 😁👍

Jayson wrote: "Alexandra Elend Wolf wrote: "Oh yes, here is another bit of tonal change for the series. How fun!"

I do appreciate how they switch up the tone every so often 😁👍"

Yes! The older Hazel gets the darker and more mature the tone seems to get too. Which is really cool if you ask me.

Alexandra Elend Wolf wrote: "Yes! The older Hazel gets the darker and more mature the tone seems to get too. Which is really cool if you ask me."

I'd say that's generally true. The volume before this was really light, cute even, though that's a notable exception. The general trend has been to more mature storytelling. It certainly relies a lot less on shock value and unease as it did earlier on.

Jayson wrote: "Alexandra Elend Wolf wrote: "Yes! The older Hazel gets the darker and more mature the tone seems to get too. Which is really cool if you ask me."

I'd say that's generally true. The volume before t..."

I forgot to add on my previous message but I also find it fascinating because it can be easily attributed to the fact that as Hazel grows she sees everything more as it is and less with the lenses of childhood and innocence.

You could say, therefore, that the tone maturing and changing is Hazel realizing how precarious their situation is and the levity of earlier volumes was due to her having a more fantastical, awed view of those events, as they would have been told to her through stories and she wouldn't really remember them as she would these later volumes. Since, after all, Hazel IS the narrator of the sesries.

Alexandra Elend Wolf wrote: "You could say, therefore, that the tone maturing and changing is Hazel realizing how precarious their situation is and the levity of earlier volumes was due to her having a more fantastical, awed view of those events, as they would have been told to her through stories and she wouldn't really remember them as she would these later volumes. Since, after all, Hazel IS the narrator of the sesries."

That's very insightful. I'd never thought of it that way before, but it makes a lot of sense. I will make sure to pay attention to that in the upcoming volumes :)

Jayson wrote: "Alexandra Elend Wolf wrote: "You could say, therefore, that the tone maturing and changing is Hazel realizing how precarious their situation is and the levity of earlier volumes was due to her havi..."

Glad to be able to add something to the conversation XD And, to be honest, I had never thought about that either until this exact moment. What can I say, your posts inspire me to think over this series *shrugs*

Alexandra Elend Wolf wrote: "Glad to be able to add something to the conversation XD And, to be honest, I had never thought about that either until this exact moment. What can I say, your posts inspire me to think over this series *shrugs*"

God discussion always brings out new ideas 😁👍