In Which Late Meme is Late
Gonna work on catching this up. Slowly. As in whenever I can do a post or two. BECAUSE I AM AWESOME AT FALLING BEHIND.
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you.
I read a lot of Lackey. It's fluff reading, for me. Easy, straight forward characters, a little bit of gay in every book. They're fun reads, they're not challenging, and they're easy to use to just shut up the brain for a bit.
I liked the first book of this series, Owl Flight, a lot. It's a fun read, everything I want out of Lackey, and has owls, as one can probably guess. And a griffin! And a nice mix of relationship building and action as a young boy, Darian, must work with the mysterious Hawk Brothers to save his village when barbarians attack.
Unfortunately, the rest of the trilogy... all I can say is that it disappointed me. It's not BAD, it's just not that good.
For the second book, I think Lackey spends too much time developing her world and characters and then at the last moment, remembers she needs some plot and throws another barbarian invasion at us. Only it's not REALLY an invasion because this is Lackey and the moral of the story is that no one is all bad and everyone can live together with candy and rainbows. And owls. And psychic antelopes.
And the third book... completely fails at any believable tension between characters with the exception of one scene that is quickly resolved with sisterly love.
I think the problem is less with Lackey and more with me in this case. It's not like Lackey broke her normal pattern. But the books are basically a bedtime story about how everyone can get along and aren't all that different, whether they're normal fantasy-European culture mash, native American-fantasy hybrid that Meg sees as vikings even if they aren't, gay hippy nature loving Native America fantasy hybrid, or psychic antelopes. And sometimes, that just isn't the book a girl is looking for.
Possibly it's also because I just don't give a damn about Keisha, the grounded-but-feisty heroine of this series. Too much time is spent to develop her character in book two and then her relationship with Darian does not actually interest me. Again, it kind of goes back to a lack of tension between the characters, other than some commitment issues. Which are resolved. Without any actual fighting. Because of twu luv. Well, and Darian having his head too far up his quest to notice anything else.
Day 01 - A book or series you wish had ended far before it did.
Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about.
Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months.
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever.
Day 05 - A book or series you hate.
Day 06 - Best ending to a book.
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device.
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once.
Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving.
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you.
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times.
Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 - Favorite character in a book.
Day 15 - Your "comfort" book.
Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry.
Day 17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.).
Day 18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book.
Day 19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!).
Day 20 - Favorite kiss.
Day 21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship.
Day 22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship.
Day 23 - Most annoying character ever.
Day 24 - Best quote from a novel.
Day 25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack.
Day 26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending.
Day 27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it.
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession.
Day 29 - Favorite character death.
Day 30 - What book are you reading right now?
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you.
I read a lot of Lackey. It's fluff reading, for me. Easy, straight forward characters, a little bit of gay in every book. They're fun reads, they're not challenging, and they're easy to use to just shut up the brain for a bit.
I liked the first book of this series, Owl Flight, a lot. It's a fun read, everything I want out of Lackey, and has owls, as one can probably guess. And a griffin! And a nice mix of relationship building and action as a young boy, Darian, must work with the mysterious Hawk Brothers to save his village when barbarians attack.
Unfortunately, the rest of the trilogy... all I can say is that it disappointed me. It's not BAD, it's just not that good.
For the second book, I think Lackey spends too much time developing her world and characters and then at the last moment, remembers she needs some plot and throws another barbarian invasion at us. Only it's not REALLY an invasion because this is Lackey and the moral of the story is that no one is all bad and everyone can live together with candy and rainbows. And owls. And psychic antelopes.
And the third book... completely fails at any believable tension between characters with the exception of one scene that is quickly resolved with sisterly love.
I think the problem is less with Lackey and more with me in this case. It's not like Lackey broke her normal pattern. But the books are basically a bedtime story about how everyone can get along and aren't all that different, whether they're normal fantasy-European culture mash, native American-fantasy hybrid that Meg sees as vikings even if they aren't, gay hippy nature loving Native America fantasy hybrid, or psychic antelopes. And sometimes, that just isn't the book a girl is looking for.
Possibly it's also because I just don't give a damn about Keisha, the grounded-but-feisty heroine of this series. Too much time is spent to develop her character in book two and then her relationship with Darian does not actually interest me. Again, it kind of goes back to a lack of tension between the characters, other than some commitment issues. Which are resolved. Without any actual fighting. Because of twu luv. Well, and Darian having his head too far up his quest to notice anything else.
Day 01 - A book or series you wish had ended far before it did.
Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about.
Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months.
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever.
Day 05 - A book or series you hate.
Day 06 - Best ending to a book.
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device.
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once.
Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving.
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you.
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times.
Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 - Favorite character in a book.
Day 15 - Your "comfort" book.
Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry.
Day 17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.).
Day 18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book.
Day 19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!).
Day 20 - Favorite kiss.
Day 21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship.
Day 22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship.
Day 23 - Most annoying character ever.
Day 24 - Best quote from a novel.
Day 25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack.
Day 26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending.
Day 27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it.
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession.
Day 29 - Favorite character death.
Day 30 - What book are you reading right now?