tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261740.post111573707854655159..comments2024-01-31T03:00:44.846-06:00Comments on Confessions of a Would-Be Writer: I'm Not Worthy And Other Lame ExcusesLynn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444488890483608914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261740.post-1116230418368335442005-05-16T03:00:00.000-05:002005-05-16T03:00:00.000-05:00Hi Lynn, I recently read MI and I agree with the g...Hi Lynn, I recently read MI and I agree with the grade you gave it. For me, the main problem throughout was that Chase fell into the old telling-and-not-showing trap. And we the readers were expected to simply believe. <BR/><BR/>For example, although we were told the heroine was a genius, I never felt she possessed anything more than an average intelligence--it didn't help that she was constantly thinking something along the lines of, "Her brain usually worked much quicker, but, dang, that Rupert made her go all fuzzy headed."<BR/><BR/>For the same reason, perhaps you had a hard time understanding why Daphne wouldn't accept Rupert's proposal because, although we were told many times that Daphne's first marriage was horrible and traumatic, we never got a glimpse of what she actually went through beyong a few brief quotes of the ex-hubbie ("You're a failure of a women," etc.).<BR/><BR/>What Chase expected us to take her word for was that Daphne was left badly scarred by her first marriage, and so could not get past her fears to see how different Rupert was. <BR/><BR/>On a different note, although I found Rupert quite likeable, I also couldn't really warm up to him as a romance novel hero, not because he wasn't brilliant but because *he* saw himself as rather dumb. For me, the hero can be average in looks or intelligence, but he needs to have confidence in himself.brownbreadicecreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523458236999738166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261740.post-1115826643363615702005-05-11T10:50:00.000-05:002005-05-11T10:50:00.000-05:00TSTL = too stupid to live, which sums up any behav...TSTL = too stupid to live, which sums up any behaviour that makes no rational sense given the character and the circumstances.<BR/><BR/>I did like MI very much, don't get me wrong. It's going to stay on my keeper shelf even if I don't rank it a DIK *g*. I especially love that it was set in Egypt and that Daphne was so smart and that Rupert wasn't the normal hero. Perhaps Meljean makes a good point in that since LoS was so amazing, nothing will ever measure up to it.<BR/><BR/>I haven't picked up Miss Wonderful but am now thinking I should...Lynn Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444488890483608914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261740.post-1115800002133488212005-05-11T03:26:00.000-05:002005-05-11T03:26:00.000-05:00I'm really going to have to pick up BLACK ICE. I'm...I'm really going to have to pick up BLACK ICE. I'm hearing about it everywhere :D<BR/><BR/>I love MR. IMPOSSIBLE -- I had the same problems with it, but in the end I was so charmed by the book I found it didn't lessen my enjoyment very much. It was definitely a keeper for me. LoS -- I don't think any book will ever live up to that :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261740.post-1115746579359730982005-05-10T12:36:00.000-05:002005-05-10T12:36:00.000-05:00Oh, and PS: what's TSTL?Oh, and PS: what's TSTL?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261740.post-1115746530914096722005-05-10T12:35:00.000-05:002005-05-10T12:35:00.000-05:00Seems like I was right not to rush to pick up MI a...Seems like I was right not to rush to pick up MI again after returning from Chicago... <BR/><BR/>I just hope Chase's next - about another of the Carsington brothers? - is as good as Miss Wonderful, even if not up to the standard of Lord of Scoundrels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com