"Just sitting here watching our barren lives pass us by...

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Oh, look, a cockroach."

Can we do that thing where you give me a subject and I list TOP 5? Please? Because I'm bored, and needs should definitely be met. As long as it doesn't require ointments the next day.

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[violaclaire.livejournal.com]

Sorry for multiple postings--there was bad coding.

I'm stopping into ramble cause . . . Robin McKinley

I think Robin McKinley's style varies a lot from book to book, and lately it's been a lot more purple-prose-y than it used to be (especially in Rose Daughter and The Outlaws of Sherwood). Which I like, but it can be dense and difficult to get through.

As for The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword, I think that a great deal depends on the order in which you read them. Most people I know that read THatC first liked that one better, and vice versa for TBS. I believe Robin McKinley meant for TBS to be read first, but either works. (Read THatC first. Like it better.)

[violaclaire.livejournal.com]

. . . And there's still bad coding. But now it's not as bad.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Well, I read TBS first, so I can't disprove your theory. But I really cannot imagine myself like HatC better. There are very specific things about TBS that just . . . hit my kinks. It's a perfect fantasy adventure for me. HatC is alright, but it just doesn't do for me what TBS does.

What I'm having trouble with in her later novels is how convoluted the plots are. The writing is more sophisticated in some ways, but I have not like the characters and stories as much. I don't think she's as adept at building complex worlds and ideas as she is at simple straightforward story-telling. Imo. But then again, I love Beauty and pretty much hate Rose Daughter.