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Book's gone back to the library for now. But it's not looking good so far.
Seriously, anyone who's read Jemisin's work, am I missing something here? There's some nice prose sure, but the story is barebones, the characters are either flat or stereotypes and the themes are hamfisted and lazily shoved in.
What's to like?
— Feb 17, 2023 03:06AM
Seriously, anyone who's read Jemisin's work, am I missing something here? There's some nice prose sure, but the story is barebones, the characters are either flat or stereotypes and the themes are hamfisted and lazily shoved in.
What's to like?
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Steven
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So by the end of this, the Avatar's woken up, R'lyeh been chased back into the shadows and the story ends as it began. The Avatar's still largely a bland non-entity, the city's avatars are largely bland stereotypes with little to their name and the Enemy is white people.
Why is this story lauded again?
— Apr 08, 2023 02:40AM
Why is this story lauded again?
Steven
is on page 420 of 437
Manny turned into King Kong to protect the primary avatar. And instead of an awesome fight, Jemisin cuts away and returns after the fight.
For fucks sake.
— Apr 08, 2023 02:28AM
For fucks sake.
Steven
is on page 413 of 437
Couple things:
1. The Enemy is literally the embodiment of R'lyeh. Lovecraft's city. So either this is a backhanded compliment to him or Lovecraft is the Enemy of mankind.
2. It's taken this long for the plot to finally kick it up a gear. The pacing is horrible.
— Apr 08, 2023 02:22AM
1. The Enemy is literally the embodiment of R'lyeh. Lovecraft's city. So either this is a backhanded compliment to him or Lovecraft is the Enemy of mankind.
2. It's taken this long for the plot to finally kick it up a gear. The pacing is horrible.
Steven
is on page 382 of 437
They're being attacked by buildings infested by the Enemy. Cosmic horror mixed with architecture. Except....the buildings are Starbucks. They're being attacked literally by gentrification.
This should be scary or at least tense. Its making me roll my eyes.
— Apr 08, 2023 02:01AM
This should be scary or at least tense. Its making me roll my eyes.
Steven
is on page 377 of 437
Are you kidding? You're racing across the city to prevent the apocalypse and you think now is the time to discuss the sociology of rap music?
— Apr 08, 2023 01:56AM
Steven
is on page 372 of 437
So the actions finally kicked in. That's cool. But it's kinda rich for the Bronx to be complaining about stereotypes when her and the rest are almost nothing but.
— Apr 08, 2023 01:52AM
Steven
is on page 365 of 437
I love that all the avatars have gathered and yet finding Staten Island is the last thing they consider doing.
You lot are dumb mother fuckers.
— Apr 07, 2023 05:34PM
You lot are dumb mother fuckers.
Steven
is on page 364 of 437
References to the Summit - some parliament of cities. And I couldn't give a shit because it's all loredumping.
— Apr 07, 2023 05:32PM
Steven
is on page 360 of 437
Adding to that the gentrification is a result of....a massive corporation.
Because subtlety is for nerds.
— Apr 07, 2023 05:28PM
Because subtlety is for nerds.
Steven
is on page 356 of 437
Ah yes, the evils of gentrification, another hamfisted thing for Jemisin to shove into the book.
And again, I should state, I largely share Jemisin's politics. This is just lazy writing
— Apr 07, 2023 05:08PM
And again, I should state, I largely share Jemisin's politics. This is just lazy writing
