tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825931548219116513.post3149883867169310905..comments2024-01-01T17:00:10.761-05:00Comments on Ramblings of a Daydreamer: Review: The Forsaken by Lisa M StasseSweetMarie83http://www.blogger.com/profile/12518239232924662332noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825931548219116513.post-49213240521221474192013-08-10T12:14:17.563-04:002013-08-10T12:14:17.563-04:00Insta-love, and no character growth? NOOOOOOOO. ...Insta-love, and no character growth? NOOOOOOOO. *sob* Dystopians are SO hit or miss with me.<br /><br />PSST you should really, really really give Erin Bowman's TAKEN a try. Is that the one I said I'd give up brain twin status if you didn't like? I don't know if you'd love it like I did, but the romance is NOT intsa-love, the world-building is creepy good, and there IS loads of character growth, I think. Gray is one of THE most fascinating anti-heroes I've ever read. Ever. Ever. <br /><br />Anyway, lovely review. The Forsaken is somewhere in the back of my mind as a book I want to try, and I'm glad you did enjoy it!<br /><br />Molli | <a href="http://www.onceuponaprologue.net" rel="nofollow"> Once Upon a Prologue</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473351242691599229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825931548219116513.post-10844761348241003472013-08-06T18:28:43.462-04:002013-08-06T18:28:43.462-04:00I'm actually a plot girl but, yes, I need at l...I'm actually a plot girl but, yes, I need at least some character development. I'm getting so sick of the insta-love too. It takes time to love someone. Sheesh! Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825931548219116513.post-78018725097369785592013-08-06T10:33:51.698-04:002013-08-06T10:33:51.698-04:00I have grown to have a love/hate relationship with...I have grown to have a love/hate relationship with dystopian novels. I used to LOVE them, but now I don't know if I can take it. I have a couple series I already started to finish but I doubt I'm going to start too many new ones. The insta-love and the love triangles and the insanity with the governments and poor choices that often get made... I'm growing more fond of contemporary. I do love that quote though. ;)Jessica L. Tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121327467707828026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825931548219116513.post-80576808899176307432013-08-06T09:12:23.105-04:002013-08-06T09:12:23.105-04:00I have never read a dystopian novel before, but I ...I have never read a dystopian novel before, but I might read this one.Kymber C. Hawke, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985837828525842975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825931548219116513.post-26306911509208562122013-08-06T06:50:15.768-04:002013-08-06T06:50:15.768-04:00I've read quite a few dystopian novels, though...I've read quite a few dystopian novels, though probably not as many recently as I did when I started my blog. <br /><br />For me, the big draw of a dystopian is in what unique way an author has decided to use their society to highlight things that are messed up in ours, and then how they choose to use their lead characters to show some type of hope that the human spirit can prevail, and that the cracks can, with time, be mended. <br /><br />I agree with you regarding characterization vs. action. But then, with any form of speculative fiction this is more likely to happen, since at least part of the point is having an external and internal plot. <br /><br />It can be hard to balance when things go boom, bump in the night, or whatever--and then relate it to the characters without beating the reader over the head with what the story is trying to get at. I think that sometimes the externals are a crutch, sometimes there just isn't enough room within the story's pacing for things to fit right, and then sometimes we get lucky and it works.<br /><br />I also think that every reader brings certain expectations and quirks to the books they read. For instance, the timeline of a romance--whether it developed over weeks, months, or years--is something I never considered in fiction until I started blogging about books. Whereas in real life, with how unstable things are, I think most of us are kinda moving one day at a time. (That's kinda why I'm *into* romance in fiction--I like the idea of something turbulent and scary becoming solid for the characters; I feel like they earn it and through witnessing that it reminds us that love is worth the struggle, effort, etc.)<br /><br />Anyway, this is becoming a novel and I've got one of those to write so I'm gonna end it here. :) Very interesting hearing your thoughts. This book seems to have quite a premise. :) Kathy Ann Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836866225157439514noreply@blogger.com