I wasn't big on Going Bovine. It is very stonerish and even though I can get into some of those things it was just strange to me. Too serious inside the stonerishness maybe? I am still not sure I really get what happened in that book (the ending I mean). I believe I understood it at the moment but looking back it's all hazy and confusing. I can't even remember what was real and what wasn't. I don't even remember if the boy dies or not...what does that tell you!
I did read it in a reasonable time frame though. No big problems there. But if you're not into it then I'd suggest putting it down for a bit and finding something else. Especially if you in a reading drought.
I, on the other hand, just finished reading Hourglass, the third novel in the Evernight series. I finished Evernight Friday night? Got the next two the next day and read both within 36 hours. Partially because I enjoyed them and partially because-- well I have 4 days off in a row and had nothing else better to do but to read all day.
Someone earlier mentioned the "shock" in the middle of the first novel that the protagonist knew the whole time and never told us. I can see why that was a bit of a thrown off but I kind of loved that scene. Dark and twisted, pretty much awesome.
I am however thrown off by the ending of hourglass. I hate overly depressing endings. Sad endings I can handle, but there should be something bittersweet about them-- not total and utter despair. Really what bothers me is that now the characters are in this hopeless situation...
I have resolved to never put my readers in such a situation. Not necessarily my characters, I just don't want to torture my readers.
I did read it in a reasonable time frame though. No big problems there. But if you're not into it then I'd suggest putting it down for a bit and finding something else. Especially if you in a reading drought.
I, on the other hand, just finished reading Hourglass, the third novel in the Evernight series. I finished Evernight Friday night? Got the next two the next day and read both within 36 hours. Partially because I enjoyed them and partially because-- well I have 4 days off in a row and had nothing else better to do but to read all day.
Someone earlier mentioned the "shock" in the middle of the first novel that the protagonist knew the whole time and never told us. I can see why that was a bit of a thrown off but I kind of loved that scene. Dark and twisted, pretty much awesome.
I am however thrown off by the ending of hourglass. I hate overly depressing endings. Sad endings I can handle, but there should be something bittersweet about them-- not total and utter despair. Really what bothers me is that now the characters are in this hopeless situation...
I have resolved to never put my readers in such a situation. Not necessarily my characters, I just don't want to torture my readers.