Reading Update

Read Stephenie Meyer's Twilight and have ordered the second book from amazon.

I totally get why all the teenies loves it, precious. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it, either. It's just that the wish being fulfilled in the character of the vampire lover isn't really mine anymore. I'm not a teenager anymore, and being told over and over again that a seventeen-year-old boy is as gorgeous as a Greek god--not to mention able to kill me and having to exert superhuman self-restraint to not do so--really doesn't do it for me anymore.

(I'd prefer a vampire I could actually have sex with, one who's strong--but not so strong that I'm a fragile china vase next to him--and one whose eating habits are disgusting, who has bouts of ugly depression, makes rude jokes on occasion, and sometimes doesn't know what to say ... but at least has learned how to back a girl up when she's smacking an ijit down.

Does somebody wanna write that book? I'd read it!)

Also, quite annoyed at the fact that she didn't find her conflict until about three quarters of the way through the book. Not good writing. But I enjoyed it anyway, and anyone who's interested in YA should definitely read this. The kiddies love it!

Then I read Skin Hunger by Kathleen Duey. It's one of those books you think about every spare minute you have until you can get back to reading it. Fantastic ... until the end. Then, I felt utterly cheated. Not because it was a bad ending but because there was NO ending at all. The story just broke off at a particular spot.

The book is the first part of a trilogy, which is fine. But if you're going to have a trilogy rather than a single book in three parts (like Lord of the Rings), each book of the trilogy needs to be complete in itself. I was just left hanging here, with no answers, no resolution, no sensation that the characters had reached a temporary resting place where they'd be safe until I was allowed to come back to them.

A terrible choice.

Comments

[Cath]

While it is not YA fare, Robin McKinley's Sunshine fits more of your request than most. She uses a flawed hero (female) which I found delightful. It is not a good book to read on a dark and stormy night.
Enjoy your reviews and I agree with some.
Cath

[claire]

cath, thanks for the recommend! i've been meaning to read mckinley and that right there is my cue.