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[savage_midnight]

I read something yesterday that actually made me feel a little weepy. I was surprised by my reaction (well, not really, it’s that time of month and I am hormonal right now) because in the grand scheme of things to get upset about, this really doesn’t even register. Or it shouldn’t

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[evil_little_dog]

I was telling my librarian a few weeks ago, as we were discussing fantasy series we loved that took forever to get published, about a series I started reading in the '80's. I found the first novel in a used book store and bought it because of the cover and the back blurb. It was the Alice-In-Wonderland premise, with a world of horses and a war going on and I loved it. The first novel ended with 'Alice' getting dragged back to her own world

[savage_midnight]

I can understand an author maybe being completely unaware of what characters her readers have and haven't connected with. I've known authors to mention how they hated so-and-so-character, even though they wrote them, and the readers have had the complete opposite reaction (one example I can think of is a character called Kisten in Kim Harrison's Otherworld series; Harrison didn't like Kisten (as a character, not the writing part of his character) but the readers loved him. But even if you do end up liking other characters more than others, it's an author's duty not to mess around with the basic foundations of their characters and their worlds

[moreta]

I think I know what series you're talking about because I read the spoilery review, myself, and all I could muster was an indifferent shrug. I'm not necessarily a huge fan of that series, but I am amazed by the author's jerkish (yes, I call it jerkish) attitude toward the fans who have so passionately believed in and loved these books.

Of course it's the author's right to do whatever he/she wants, but in this case I believe that the author has merely "tired" of that story universe and wanted to conclude it in such a final way that will unnecessarily hurt many readers. That's what I believe to be the author's primary motivation for doing it that way, and I think it will bite him/her in the ass.

Sad.

[savage_midnight]

It is sad. I've read my fair share of series that have ended on a low note, mostly because the author has run out of steam. I think what pisses me off about the whole thing in this instance is that the author didn't need to go back to this story and these particular characters. That story had already been told; the rest of the series may have included these characters, but it was a given that they'd got the "ending" that fit them perfectly. Why go back and mess with that? Yeah, I can understand the author wanting to tie up loose ends, but they didn't tie up loose ends... they just annihilated them.

Meh. I wasn't even this disappointed when L J Smith started churning out those godawful Vampire Diaries sequels, and she's been a favourite since I was a kid.

[ki_caelum]

Wait until the disappointment when she starts churning out the SC and FG sequels...

I suspect I know which books you are talking about :( I too loved the original tril (still do - it's one of those books that always makes me feel better.) I stopped reading after the fifth or so; it wasn't the same. And there was some problematic stuff in the later books that made me feel uneasy.

So I feel your pain :( I have recommendations for awesome books which come without the bitter ending?

Also, I have some of your books that I must send back. Sorry it has taken so long - I suck.

Am more than happy to send on some of mine too if there's anything you fancy reading (my booklist is here.)

[savage_midnight]

FG sequels? What? She can't be serious...

The books after the original trilogy weren't absolutely amazing, but they were nice companion books that brought back some of my favourite characters. I don't think there was anything that I didn't particular like. What were the things that made you uneasy?

Fire away with the recommendations! I think you were actually the person who recommended this original trilogy to me, plus some other great ones.

No problems, Ki. I tend to be reading e-books more and more lately and I've loaned that many books out I barely remember who has what, haha!

I'll check out your booklist for sure, thanks :)