I did not make such a statement.You've stated that you don't think that it's a fair statement to say "just don't read it"
Sian
This is what I was thanking Min for. Maybe she will explain to you why.if it just doesn't appeal to you, without there being anything wrong with the book, then "just don't read it" is a perfectly reasonable response. I mean, what else is there for anyone to say?
Sian
I have interpreted this to mean 'I have a lot of difficulty understanding why another person's view point or expectations differ from mine'. This is something you would have to consider for yourself.I have a lot of difficulty understanding you're view point, mostly just because I don't know why you didn't expect it would be like this.
Sian
I regret that my words have made you feel the need to be snarky.I would bow at your feet in worship.
Sian
You have represented yourself as being able to make very liberal interpretations in some cases, but having a very narrow outlook in others.And on Elspeth being beaten by a child and a blind man, I would like to point out that she couldn't travel any faster than the walking pace of a cat, while Dameon and Gavyn were both able to ride.
Sian
Like Min, I accept differences in opinion and encourage discussion.Sian
Sorry Fall, I'm really finding myself confused by your second to last paragraph, I can't follow the train of your argument. There are half a dozen things that I think you might be saying, but I can't figure out which you meant. Part of it sounds as if you don't think anyone should publish their stories. Or are you trying to say that IC has lost touch with her audience? I'm really interested to see what you meant in that paragraph.
My sentence was linguistically (technically?) incorrect (sorry, not quite sure how to word this sentence). It seemed to be that you heavily implied it. I read it this way because you stated that Min had been very respectful, followed by a comment about people who say "just don't read it", which implies to me that you consider saying such a thing disrespectful. To me being disrespectful is being unfair.
I did not make such a statement.You've stated that you don't think that it's a fair statement to say "just don't read it"
Sian
fall
That isn't what I meant at all. What I meant was, I don't understand what could have led you to hold the expectations that you did. I found much of what happened in this book to be very well set up in the previous books, and what I thought wasn't signed posted weren't things that you'd been critical of.
I have interpreted this to mean 'I have a lot of difficulty understanding why another person's view point or expectations differ from mine'. This is something you would have to consider for yourself. fallI have a lot of difficulty understanding you're view point, mostly just because I don't know why you didn't expect it would be like this.
Sian
I wasn't trying to be snarky, usually when I use this piece of hyperbole it's received with humour, as I intended it. I apologise for using this phrase in a context where it can be misinterpreted, I often forget that you can't put tone into a post.
I regret that my words have made you feel the need to be snarky.I would bow at your feet in worship.
Sian
fall
I really don't understand what you're trying to say here. I mean specifically in reference to this context.You have represented yourself as being able to make very liberal interpretations in some cases, but having a very narrow outlook in others.And on Elspeth being beaten by a child and a blind man, I would like to point out that she couldn't travel any faster than the walking pace of a cat, while Dameon and Gavyn were both able to ride.
Sian
fall
This paragraph seems a lot clearer to me and I think (hope) that I understand your point of view better now. In this context the second to last paragraph of your second post makes a lot more sense.I think we both acknowledge that Isobelle Carmody is a master storyteller. If we think back to the back of the older books where it says she told stories to her younger siblings - the image that conjures up for me, personally, is far removed from the style of story The Sending is. I feel that The Sending has moved the Chronicles away from storytelling and more towards a personal journey for the author. In my opinion this results in a novel that is more detached from the audience.
fall
actually came across to me as "I don't like this because someone has to not like it for it to be any good". I didn't bring it up or put too much store by it because I knew you didn't mean it like that, but that's the closest thing I found in your post that I could consider a solid response to Min's question.If I had placed some deeply personal work into the public domain and it universally resonated with all audiences, I would be horrified. I would wonder if I was really that superficial, or I would have to reflect that the work was not honestly a deeply personal work.
fall
and in light of it, your second post makes complete sense.If we think back to the back of the older books where it says she told stories to her younger siblings - the image that conjures up for me, personally, is far removed from the style of story The Sending is. I feel that The Sending has moved the Chronicles away from storytelling and more towards a personal journey for the author. In my opinion this results in a novel that is more detached from the audience.
fall
What I meant was that there's no point to criticising the book if you don't have anything constructive to say.if it just doesn't appeal to you, without there being anything wrong with the book, then "just don't read it" is a perfectly reasonable response. I mean, what else is there for anyone to say?
Sian
She most definitely could have. From my first post in this thread.fall
Could she have written a Book Six that would have disappointed you?
I won't presume to answer on your behalf, but I have formed an opinion.
There's other stuff, but that alone would have been enough. So it seems that the book that would have pleased you would have disappointed me :PSian
I really don't think my saying this again is going to have an affect on anyone, but all that journeying in which not much happened was necessary. It was expected, it's been set up for the last five books and I personally would have felt completely ripped off without it. I would have seen it as a cop out.
nnnnnn
Setting a story after a nuclear holocaust is hardly original, but I think it works nicely for the Obernewtyn series. It makes sense for Elspeth to have the long term goal of preventing a second holocaust. But the series also features the eternally relevant problem of people willing to brand others as "different" as an excuse to take stuff from them.