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aliceylain) wrote2012-06-02 09:02 pm
aliceylain) wrote2012-06-02 09:02 pm
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Okay, I'm still annoyed at how Blackout went down so I'm going to talk about it and possibly make an ass out of myself but here I go.
And really, the book was okay for me. Not as enjoyable as the first two and definitely the weakest, but okay. And when I get down to it, there were only three...two...two and a half things that irritated me with regards to the book.
First, it didn't really feel like the book went anywhere plot-wise. While the first and second had tons of plot and things happening and revelations and twists, this one...really didn't. We didn't really learn anything new that we didn't leave about in the first two books. It felt boring. Okay, learning that the government had been cloning Georgia tons of times in order to use her was certainly disconcerting but that was pretty much the only shock in the book. Well, besides something else which leads me to the next thing that irritated me.
When Shaun and Georgia had their big ~*kiss*~ ~*scene*~, I kinda wanted to throw my kindle across the room. I mean, okay, I've been in some type of fandom for awhile now so the idea of incest isn't exactly a new thing to me. It's a theme that comes up here and there in literature. And every time I've encountered it in literature, I've still wanted to throw the book across the room. If I have a squick, it's probably incest because the sheer thought of having a romantic relationship with someone who's related me to gives me the creepy-crawlies. And yes, Shaun and Georgia aren't related by blood but they are brother and sister, and they were raised that way. I just...don't get it and don't much care for that theme. But but but but it's not even that alone that irritates me the most.
I felt the third book rolled back what I so absolutely loved about Georgia in the first book. I tore through Feed, enjoying the hell out of Georgia. She sticks to her principles, she's dedicated, she's scarily good at what she does, she's smart, she surrounds herself with smart people who can do things that she can't, and she dies uncovering a conspiracy and gets the truth out there. There was no romance in Georgia at all in the first book because romance didn't have any importance in her life right then. In fact, she says it herself: Shaun has dated as much as I have, which is to say not at all. Buffy usually has five or six paramours at any given time, but Shaun and I haven’t ever bothered. Other things keep getting in the way. And I suppose the joke's on me for not picking up on the fact that they were in love with each other in the first book but I really didn't. I'm sure if I were to reread it, there are hints and foreshadowing and bleh.
Suddenly Georgia and Shaun are kissing and holding hands and are being all over each other in the third book and I'm going, where the hell was this in the first book? And okay, Georgia has been legally dead and Shaun was going insane so the extra physical affection makes sense. But I still don't like it and I wasn't prepared for it. Georgia in book three didn't feel at all like Georgia in book one. Yes, yes, book three Georgia is a clone but she's a 97% accurate clone. There shouldn't be this big of a divide.
To sum up, I felt the whole plot of the third book was the ~*shocking*~ ~*revelation*~ that Shaun and George were in love with each other and them riding off into the sunset to be ~*together*~ ~*forever*~. If I wanted to read a love story, there are a billion of them out there. I wanted to read the conclusions to a plotty zombie apocalypse story with one of my favorite kick-ass heroines coming back from the dead but I didn't really get it. And I'm still annoyed about it even though I finished the book last weekend because I really looked forward to this book.
Well, that's out of my system now. I'll get over it, I'm just still sulking.
And really, the book was okay for me. Not as enjoyable as the first two and definitely the weakest, but okay. And when I get down to it, there were only three...two...two and a half things that irritated me with regards to the book.
First, it didn't really feel like the book went anywhere plot-wise. While the first and second had tons of plot and things happening and revelations and twists, this one...really didn't. We didn't really learn anything new that we didn't leave about in the first two books. It felt boring. Okay, learning that the government had been cloning Georgia tons of times in order to use her was certainly disconcerting but that was pretty much the only shock in the book. Well, besides something else which leads me to the next thing that irritated me.
When Shaun and Georgia had their big ~*kiss*~ ~*scene*~, I kinda wanted to throw my kindle across the room. I mean, okay, I've been in some type of fandom for awhile now so the idea of incest isn't exactly a new thing to me. It's a theme that comes up here and there in literature. And every time I've encountered it in literature, I've still wanted to throw the book across the room. If I have a squick, it's probably incest because the sheer thought of having a romantic relationship with someone who's related me to gives me the creepy-crawlies. And yes, Shaun and Georgia aren't related by blood but they are brother and sister, and they were raised that way. I just...don't get it and don't much care for that theme. But but but but it's not even that alone that irritates me the most.
I felt the third book rolled back what I so absolutely loved about Georgia in the first book. I tore through Feed, enjoying the hell out of Georgia. She sticks to her principles, she's dedicated, she's scarily good at what she does, she's smart, she surrounds herself with smart people who can do things that she can't, and she dies uncovering a conspiracy and gets the truth out there. There was no romance in Georgia at all in the first book because romance didn't have any importance in her life right then. In fact, she says it herself: Shaun has dated as much as I have, which is to say not at all. Buffy usually has five or six paramours at any given time, but Shaun and I haven’t ever bothered. Other things keep getting in the way. And I suppose the joke's on me for not picking up on the fact that they were in love with each other in the first book but I really didn't. I'm sure if I were to reread it, there are hints and foreshadowing and bleh.
Suddenly Georgia and Shaun are kissing and holding hands and are being all over each other in the third book and I'm going, where the hell was this in the first book? And okay, Georgia has been legally dead and Shaun was going insane so the extra physical affection makes sense. But I still don't like it and I wasn't prepared for it. Georgia in book three didn't feel at all like Georgia in book one. Yes, yes, book three Georgia is a clone but she's a 97% accurate clone. There shouldn't be this big of a divide.
To sum up, I felt the whole plot of the third book was the ~*shocking*~ ~*revelation*~ that Shaun and George were in love with each other and them riding off into the sunset to be ~*together*~ ~*forever*~. If I wanted to read a love story, there are a billion of them out there. I wanted to read the conclusions to a plotty zombie apocalypse story with one of my favorite kick-ass heroines coming back from the dead but I didn't really get it. And I'm still annoyed about it even though I finished the book last weekend because I really looked forward to this book.
Well, that's out of my system now. I'll get over it, I'm just still sulking.