Oh glorious day!
Nov. 16th, 2012 10:29 pmMy Breaking Dawn review is done. I never, ever, ever, ever, ever have to watch and review another Twilight film.
EVER.
(Taylor Swift's got nothing on me.)
Off to find some champagne!
My Breaking Dawn review is done. I never, ever, ever, ever, ever have to watch and review another Twilight film.
EVER.
(Taylor Swift's got nothing on me.)
Off to find some champagne!
First thought: Somewhere, Anakin Skywalker is silently thanking Edward Cullen for coming up with a dumber come-on line than "I don't like sand."
Second thought: Bambi! NOOOOOOO!
Well, as Ms. McKay has taken on this task, that's her prerogative. But sometimes I think that we're spoiled in this day and age, you know? We see other ages through our own eyes, and often that leads to tweaking our vision of them so that things are as we would have liked them to be. It's all to the good that we want to write strong, self-reliant female characters for little girls to emulate, especially in the Age of Bella the Bumbling and Brainless -- but sometimes I think we deliberately close our eyes and ears to the truth when we say we simply "can't have" characters who are cowed by their circumstances. Seriously, in the time and place when the story was set, who would be likelier to be working as a maid for a tyrant like Miss Minchin? A "feisty, outspoken" Alice, or a poverty-stricken, timid Becky who didn't dare speak up for herself, for fear of literally starving to death?
You introduce several new characters in your novel, including Alice, the feisty, outspoken new maid. She’s quite different from Becky, the maid who leaves to live with Sara.
Yes, she is. I knew that there had to be a maid helping out, and I felt I couldn’t have anyone remotely like Becky.