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Reading FAIL
Aug. 27th, 2008 12:40 pmSo, I am annoyed at the book I'm reading (Dark North by Gillian Bradshaw). It's been good so far, but when I had to stop reading yesterday, the main character just did something so UTTERLY RETARDED there's no way I can justify it as anything except a way to move the plot along. I feel you can squeak by with a few minor incidents of these while writing, and it's true that some people abuse it way more than others (::coughcough:: TORCHWOOD ::coughcough::), but it turns out plot stupidity is, if possible, EVEN MORE ANNOYING when it occurs in an otherwise quality environment.
Anyways, now I don't really want to keep reading because obviously bad stuff will happen because of the STUPID STUPID STUPID plot twist, but I do want to find out what happens. And thus, I am annoyed.
ETA: Ok, so it turns out it was historically motivated stupidity. However, that kind of makes it worse, because it means that the ENTIRE STORY started because of this one incident in history, but when we actually get to that incident, the way the main character is written makes it unlikely that he would actually do the one thing he actually did.
I liked the ending though, so overall it was pretty good.
In other reading FAIL, Mallory has become addicted to Twilight, despite Marge and I yelling "SPARKLY VAMPIRES IN VOLVOS!" and "JUDGMENT!" and now Marge wants me to read it to ascertain how bad it really is. POR QUE, EVO.
Anyways, now I don't really want to keep reading because obviously bad stuff will happen because of the STUPID STUPID STUPID plot twist, but I do want to find out what happens. And thus, I am annoyed.
ETA: Ok, so it turns out it was historically motivated stupidity. However, that kind of makes it worse, because it means that the ENTIRE STORY started because of this one incident in history, but when we actually get to that incident, the way the main character is written makes it unlikely that he would actually do the one thing he actually did.
I liked the ending though, so overall it was pretty good.
In other reading FAIL, Mallory has become addicted to Twilight, despite Marge and I yelling "SPARKLY VAMPIRES IN VOLVOS!" and "JUDGMENT!" and now Marge wants me to read it to ascertain how bad it really is. POR QUE, EVO.