miscellany

[asimplechord]

+ The Cranberries? Really? :DD

+ Unpopular opinion: I am not really excited about The Young Veins. Mostly because I wasn't impressed with the single they released, but also because I am not particularly fond of Ryan Ross's voice.

+ I am irrationally annoyed by the shifting POV in The Secret History of The Pink Carnation. First it's 1st person, then it's 3rd person shifting mid-scene between the hero and heroine. Eh.

+ HS AU and girl!Brendon need to get out of my head so I can think about other things for a while.

+ Watching the New Perspective video repeatedly is not helping with the last item.

Comments

[harriet-vane.livejournal.com]

I wish I could be sympathetic, but I am making signs that say TEAM COOL SENIOR MARK over here.

I really didn't like the way the book tried to shoehorn chicklit onto what was already a romance novel. And I super didn't like that in the framing story the guy's a douche and the chick's an idiot.

This is where lj-ing about everything I read comes in handy, apparently I wrote Complaint #2: Ms. Willig, this is your third book. LEARN WHAT POINT OF VIEW MEANS. Within one scene she'll jump from the heroine's POV to the hero's and back, with no warning. I had whiplash. I was frequently confused about what was going on and why, because I couldn't work out who was narrating. I know it's limiting to stick to one person's head per scene, but THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. My god. My review of the first one is "ehhhh" bordering on "blah." I really wanted to like them, and I just didn't.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

My question about the entire premise, which maybe will be answered if I read further, is why, if Mrs. Selwick-Alderly had all this info and the spies of that area were so fascinating, did she give them to some random American person (who, boo-hoo, went to London and was surprised when it rained and ruined her Jimmy Choos) who happened to send her a note. No one inquired before?

[harriet-vane.livejournal.com]

Apparently it's all terribly obscure, except for how it's incredibly famous.