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Chapter One
Chapter Five
I feel like I ought to be posting real meta, but I don't have any that's ready to post yet. But the "Qui-Gon's Advice" thing is shaping up nicely, and I have all sorts of ideas for something on Captain Flint, Harry Potter, and Treasure Island. And a half-done analysis of tarot symbolism in Courtship, which is taking a while because I know very little about the subject.
I like this chapter SO MUCH BETTER than the last one. There are still Idiot Plot moments, but not as many. There are tons of intresting background details that I really wish Wolverton had expanded on, because some of them could have - and probably should have - affected other events - but others are fine just sitting in the background looking cool. (I got way too interested in the Solo/Horm family history. But there's so much potential there!) Leia fights off the Imperius Curse for a moment and we see her real personality, and Threepio just ROCKS.
Does anyone think maybe Dave Wolverton is one of those writers who needs a few chapters to warm up? (I think he definitely has an easier time thinking up neat ideas than he does executing them. Maybe this is one reason I get so frustrated at this book - I have trouble with that too, so it's like being mad at myself, in a way.) I've also noticed that he often pulls away from emotional moments - in this chapter he jumps to a POV light-years away to avoid writing one. When he doesn't pull away, it ends up like the end of Chapter 5, so maybe he's trying to spare us, but it's still annoying.
Anyway. ( 'Oh, Leia,' Threkin said with a condescending smile, 'Often in the past your clear head and cautiousness have served you well, but in this particular case, we have plot points to hit.' )
Chapter One
Chapter Five
I feel like I ought to be posting real meta, but I don't have any that's ready to post yet. But the "Qui-Gon's Advice" thing is shaping up nicely, and I have all sorts of ideas for something on Captain Flint, Harry Potter, and Treasure Island. And a half-done analysis of tarot symbolism in Courtship, which is taking a while because I know very little about the subject.
I like this chapter SO MUCH BETTER than the last one. There are still Idiot Plot moments, but not as many. There are tons of intresting background details that I really wish Wolverton had expanded on, because some of them could have - and probably should have - affected other events - but others are fine just sitting in the background looking cool. (I got way too interested in the Solo/Horm family history. But there's so much potential there!) Leia fights off the Imperius Curse for a moment and we see her real personality, and Threepio just ROCKS.
Does anyone think maybe Dave Wolverton is one of those writers who needs a few chapters to warm up? (I think he definitely has an easier time thinking up neat ideas than he does executing them. Maybe this is one reason I get so frustrated at this book - I have trouble with that too, so it's like being mad at myself, in a way.) I've also noticed that he often pulls away from emotional moments - in this chapter he jumps to a POV light-years away to avoid writing one. When he doesn't pull away, it ends up like the end of Chapter 5, so maybe he's trying to spare us, but it's still annoying.
Anyway. ( 'Oh, Leia,' Threkin said with a condescending smile, 'Often in the past your clear head and cautiousness have served you well, but in this particular case, we have plot points to hit.' )
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