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phineasjonesoh yeah, and i was going to say. i finally finished re-reading a swiftly tilting planet last night. ... i will always love that book because of the way i loved it once. but perhaps re-reading it now wasn't such a good idea. it's a phenomenally awful book. like, so bad it hurts. deeply. i mean, her writing is awful. everything is super cheezy and unbelievable.
but even if we just take that as it is... the premise of the book is pretty terrible. i don't know why it once appealed to me. this concept that genetics predetermine everything... a person's personality and destiny. what a load of crap. how did she get away with that in the middle of happy-lovey series? it seems especially bad in light of lotr and harry potter - and even buffy - where the message is so clearly that it's what you choose, what you do that makes you who you are. and that's such a powerful thought. and here's madeleine telling kids that, sorry, if your parents - even your ancient ancestors - were bad people, you will be too.
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swiftlytilting... i guess i didn't start that community to badmouth the books. and you know... i still really want to write sandy/dennys slash that takes place during this book. the twins were up all night too, after all.
but even if we just take that as it is... the premise of the book is pretty terrible. i don't know why it once appealed to me. this concept that genetics predetermine everything... a person's personality and destiny. what a load of crap. how did she get away with that in the middle of happy-lovey series? it seems especially bad in light of lotr and harry potter - and even buffy - where the message is so clearly that it's what you choose, what you do that makes you who you are. and that's such a powerful thought. and here's madeleine telling kids that, sorry, if your parents - even your ancient ancestors - were bad people, you will be too.
don't know why i'm posting this here and not at
swiftlytilting... i guess i didn't start that community to badmouth the books. and you know... i still really want to write sandy/dennys slash that takes place during this book. the twins were up all night too, after all.
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Date: 2003-04-17 12:47 pm (UTC)I didn't mean to read all of Greenwitch today, it just sort of happened. *blinks*
Finished! I want my own copies, god only know shwere they are.