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thedeadparrot) wrote2015-09-26 05:09 pm
thedeadparrot) wrote2015-09-26 05:09 pm
Things that I have read lately
The Dispossessed
It was good, really good. But that's LeGuin for you. So very deliberate and measured and controlled.
Ms. Marvel Vol. 1
I know I'm so late to this party, but I love it so much? It's so good? It follows some very well-worn paths in terms of discovering powers and the tensions of secret identities, but it does it with such specificity and verve and style that I can't help but love it. It also tackles the immigrant experience in a way that felt very true and honest to me, and I love Kamala so much! She's navigating so many different things, and I love her for that.
I need Volume 2 posthaste.
Uprooted
I know I'm not the only person to notice this, but the Dragon is totally 80% Rodney McKay. Fanon Rodney McKay, naturally, and I definitely felt a whiff of Fanon John Sheppard in Agnieszka's relationship with him, where magic = ATA gene. There's definitely that similar sort of brusque dismissiveness masking jealousy and grudging respect and also, instinct vs. scientific reasoning, etc.
Overall, I enjoyed it immensely in the same way you enjoy a well-constructed fanfic, entertaining and satisfying, and it goes down so very easy.
It was good, really good. But that's LeGuin for you. So very deliberate and measured and controlled.
Ms. Marvel Vol. 1
I know I'm so late to this party, but I love it so much? It's so good? It follows some very well-worn paths in terms of discovering powers and the tensions of secret identities, but it does it with such specificity and verve and style that I can't help but love it. It also tackles the immigrant experience in a way that felt very true and honest to me, and I love Kamala so much! She's navigating so many different things, and I love her for that.
I need Volume 2 posthaste.
Uprooted
I know I'm not the only person to notice this, but the Dragon is totally 80% Rodney McKay. Fanon Rodney McKay, naturally, and I definitely felt a whiff of Fanon John Sheppard in Agnieszka's relationship with him, where magic = ATA gene. There's definitely that similar sort of brusque dismissiveness masking jealousy and grudging respect and also, instinct vs. scientific reasoning, etc.
Overall, I enjoyed it immensely in the same way you enjoy a well-constructed fanfic, entertaining and satisfying, and it goes down so very easy.