This has reinforced my inclination never to read those books.
It’s not that I find cheating unforgivable or the worst possible thing anyone can do. It’s that I find the drama associated with it both painful and boring.
Amen to this, x100.
(The concept of this was pretty funny – of course a talking bear would be primarily interested in honey – but the execution leaned heavily on “and that’s why it wouldn’t actually be fun to meet a talking animal.”)
Tell that to people who actually like animals and find them interesting! They don't have to have human-type personalities to be fun to engage with. It would be fascinating to find out what's actually going through their heads.
Fillory felt thin and dull; less real than regular real life. I’m guessing this was deliberate - the point was probably that Narnia’s worldbuilding doesn’t hold together and that real life is more interesting than fantasy
This makes me go "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH" because the first point is not like the second. Narnia is a pretty obvious allegory that never attempts to hold together like the real world. To go from this to "real life is more interesting than fantasy" relies on "all fantasy is like Narnia," which is so patently not the case that I want to throw books at Grossman.
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Date: 2014-09-12 05:57 pm (UTC)It’s not that I find cheating unforgivable or the worst possible thing anyone can do. It’s that I find the drama associated with it both painful and boring.
Amen to this, x100.
(The concept of this was pretty funny – of course a talking bear would be primarily interested in honey – but the execution leaned heavily on “and that’s why it wouldn’t actually be fun to meet a talking animal.”)
Tell that to people who actually like animals and find them interesting! They don't have to have human-type personalities to be fun to engage with. It would be fascinating to find out what's actually going through their heads.
Fillory felt thin and dull; less real than regular real life. I’m guessing this was deliberate - the point was probably that Narnia’s worldbuilding doesn’t hold together and that real life is more interesting than fantasy
This makes me go "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH" because the first point is not like the second. Narnia is a pretty obvious allegory that never attempts to hold together like the real world. To go from this to "real life is more interesting than fantasy" relies on "all fantasy is like Narnia," which is so patently not the case that I want to throw books at Grossman.