I Am A Blank Paper On Which You & Your Magic Wrote A Girl

[redbrunja]

I had to check out Deathless about six times from the library, but I finally finished it.

It’s amazingly well-written… but that’s about all I can say. The best parts have already been excerpted and passed around the internet. Deathless is all about the language; I couldn’t really connect with the characters.

Also, another example of a book (partially) set during the Seige of Leningrad where I love the language and am interested in the place but I can’t connect to the characters.

Comments

[tigerpetals.livejournal.com]

Oh, Sabriel! I loved that trilogy - I should reread, it's been a long time.

For me, the source material has to have something MISSING, something that I really wanted to see, in order for me to get really fannish about it.

This must be it. Not that I never wanted more from books, obviously, but I've usually just finished them quickly and moved on to others if I wasn't satisfied by what I was reading. Maybe that had an effect too - I have to sit down for a set time to finish movies and tv, so more time to pay attention and get attached to wanting something.

I hope you like the story.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I also think that other people being fannish about a show changes how I feel about that show and how I interact with it.

[tigerpetals.livejournal.com]

It very definitely does for me. Often in terms of intensifying reactions that already existed.