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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
| Subject | Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo |
| Message-ID | <pB2Lt8.uvw@kithrup.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2018-06-29 05:55 +0000 |
| References | <pgcain$rv1$1@dont-email.me> <pB2DuI.Fnz@kithrup.com> <f00e8dd0-a285-464c-a19b-398b9ecd9a98@googlegroups.com> <85db95c6-ec26-458d-90da-430b28582a0a@googlegroups.com> |
| Organization | Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. |
In article <85db95c6-ec26-458d-90da-430b28582a0a@googlegroups.com>,
Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> wrote:
>On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 2:04:30 PM UTC+10, Moriarty wrote:
>> On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 1:30:04 PM UTC+10, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> > In article <45b6b909-e59d-4a9b-80fc-e431d538612d@googlegroups.com>,
>> > Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>> > >On Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 6:30:04 PM UTC-6, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> > >> during which the protagonist and her lover had some
>> > >> sort of trivial misunderstanding and it kept them apart for THE
>> > >> ENTIRE BOOK.
>> > >
>> > >I could see that happening in a Victorian comedy of manners. But in a
>> > >book about
>> > >primitive cave people? One would think they would have a more direct
>> > >approach to
>> > >life.
>> >
>> > In life, they probably did. In the twentieth century, the author
>> > was writing a category romance and had to figure out some way of
>> > keeping hero and heroine (or H&H, as they say in the trade) apart
>> > till Chapter Last. Misunderstandings that neither party dares to
>> > speak about (because the misunderstanding would vanish like snow
>> > in August) are frequently used.
>>
>> Yeah but in this particular case ("The Mammoth Hunters" by Jean M Auel
>for those who came in late) the H&H are kept apart not only by them not
>taking five minutes to compare notes, but also by every single other
>person in tribe knowing precisely what was going on and NOT SAYING A
>THING! The whole wretched trainwreck was made worse by the author
>constantly describing the tribe as "forthright", "blunt" and other
>synonyms.
>
>And for anyone who hasn't read the book and has no intention of doing
>so, I recommend you read Crystal Starr Light's review on goodreads:
>
>https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/271283632?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1
Okay. Yeah. That about covers it.
>It's also recommended for those who HAVE read it. In fact, she has
>written a review of all six books in the series and they're all a hoot.
>
>This is how her review describes the misunderstanding Dorothy and I are
>banging on about:
>
>"But none of those elements really compare to the most horrible thing
>that nearly destroyed all the good things this book had going for it.
>What did the most destruction to the goodness of this book was one of
>the absolute stupidest, most inane, childish, disgusting, vapid,
>retarded Big Misunderstandings in the world of Big Misunderstandings.
>
>I can live with the info-dumping (even if it is terribly boring,
>distracting to the "plot", and way above the knowledge of the
>characters). I can even enjoy the really bad sex scenes in a MST3K way
>(if you enjoy reading about Jondalar's "manhood" and Ayla's "petals",
>this is your book). But when an author resorts to having her characters
>act like lobotomized chimpanzees in order to drive a plot that should
>have been wrapped up in no more than a chapter and probably more like a
>paragraph...I draw the line!"
>
>...
>
>"You know what's even worse? (Yes, I did say "worse".) I *MAYBE* could
>understand this happening if they were in a vacuum. But there is a whole
>TRIBE of people around them. And you know what?
>
>THEY DON'T FRAKKIN' BOTHER TO SAY ANYTHING TO THIS COUPLE!!
>
>All these supposedly "open" and "blunt" Mamutoi in the previous book
>(and even earlier in this book) SUDDENLY really respect private thoughts
>and REFUSE TO CLARIFY A SITUATION THAT WOULD TAKE TWO SECONDS TO CLEAR
>UP!!"
Ayup.
Category romance cubed.
--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
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