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Just read [livejournal.com profile] ozfille's in-depth review of Blood Canticle.

A badly-written book is one thing-- the author delivering sneering rants to her readers via a fictional character is quite another. It reduces literature to nothing more than a forum for her self-important rants. The fans don't like your last book? Deal with it. Either change your writing style; listen; or carry on regardless. Don't deliver insulting rants and haughty proclamations that your audience is too stupid to 'understand' your work.

Silly bloody woman.

Gawd!

Date: 2003-11-11 07:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyalko80.livejournal.com
She's such a weird woman.

I mean, my gawd, how self-worshiping do you have to be to disregard the fact that your fans are the things that keep your paychecks coming in and that, without them, you're nothing?

I can't stand her as a person. lol She's boring and washed out.

*gasp* Watch, I'll get sued for that.

Re: Gawd!

Date: 2003-11-11 07:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rebness.livejournal.com
She believes her own hype-- but never stops to do the maths and wonder why he latest books are such poor sellers.

And don't worry about getting sued, Reb... that's usually saved for the most vulnerable or young fans. *Tuts*

Oi

Date: 2003-11-11 07:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyalko80.livejournal.com
She's the reason why I can't get into the Chronicles. Every time I start to read "The Vampire Lestat" I get all fed up and have to put it down... just because I see a little Anne running around causing pandemonium.

And, funny, she's her own little version of a blood sucker, isn't she? *kicks her again*

Re: Oi

Date: 2003-11-11 07:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rebness.livejournal.com
TVL is a brilliant book when you get down to it, but I can't bear to pick up any of the chronicles at the moment to re-read them, apart from Interview.

Every time I so much as glance at them, I picture her crazy rants, her self-insertion (sounds rude) into the stories, and I actively hate them. I don't want to hate the first three chronicles...they is myyy preciousss...so must take time out to work up little separation barrier in mind between old/new Lestat.

Damned woman. *Boot*

Re: Oi

Date: 2003-11-11 11:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] saffronlie.livejournal.com
I feel the same way. I've been flicking through TOBT and just agonising over the crapness of parts of it. I used to consider it as good as the first three, but not so much any more. And Lestat just shits me something chronic. That can't be a good thing, when you hate the protagonist of a series you love. :|

Date: 2003-11-11 02:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com
I think I need to psyche myself up to read Karen's review. So much of what I've heard about BC is so terrible, the thought of an in-depth review is quite frightening really.

I remember a post on the boards a few months back with a preview of the book and some people thought it was a parody, it was so horrible, with Lestat ranting on about his fans and how they hated Memnoch. WTF? I mean, really. Anne. Get a grip.

Argh!

BTW, have you read Palahniuk's latest? Diary or something, I think it's called. I keep meaning to and then never getting to a bookstore and/or library.

Date: 2003-11-12 01:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rebness.livejournal.com
I meant to ask you about that, Grace... I haven't read it, yet... hoping my brother will buy it for me for Christmas. I'll let you know about it if I read it first.

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