I bought the Demon's Lexicon so I can read it on the 8h train ride home I'm facing this week. Having a book that really grabs you and doesn't require too much thinking makes these long train rides soo much more pleasant. (And YA is perfect for that. Although to be honest, YA is one of my favourite genres in any situation.)
Re: Havemercy, allow me to be lazy and just link you to my goodreads review. Basically, the book didn't engage me, AND parts of it really kinda upset me. (The SPOILER was just a bit wtf to me. I don't understand why they'd set up a relationship with so much sexual tension, then pull THAT sort of reveal without acknowledging the weirdness of having the relationship shift like that. Were they not aware of the subtext? But that's not a main point of critique of the book for me.)
OH GOD FEUCHTGEBIETE. I totally know what you mean and I feel the same way -- sickly fascination? It would gross me out SO MUCH though. :/ (And yeah, don't want to spend money on it either.)
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Date: 2010-02-21 12:49 pm (UTC)Re: Havemercy, allow me to be lazy and just link you to my goodreads review. Basically, the book didn't engage me, AND parts of it really kinda upset me. (The SPOILER was just a bit wtf to me. I don't understand why they'd set up a relationship with so much sexual tension, then pull THAT sort of reveal without acknowledging the weirdness of having the relationship shift like that. Were they not aware of the subtext? But that's not a main point of critique of the book for me.)
OH GOD FEUCHTGEBIETE. I totally know what you mean and I feel the same way -- sickly fascination? It would gross me out SO MUCH though. :/ (And yeah, don't want to spend money on it either.)