i was only about 10 pages in to Code Name Verity and it was already giving me ALL THE FEELINGS. That's got to be some kind of record. it might be hard to adapt into a movie because of the narrative tricks, but i don't care! i want pretty girls being spies and pilots! like Foyle's War made entirely of awesome ladies.
Cordelia's just fascinating. i do enjoy reading about Miles, but I really wish Bujold had just made her the protagonist.
I actually think The Magicians is one of the best post-college, quarter-life crisis books I've ever read. I think in the first one, I identified a lot with Quentin's desire to prove himself and his ambition. But without that kind of coming of age story, I found him so much more insufferable in the second book. Julia's story redeemed it for me but it made him all that much worse in comparison.
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Date: 2013-05-26 01:50 am (UTC)Cordelia's just fascinating. i do enjoy reading about Miles, but I really wish Bujold had just made her the protagonist.
I actually think The Magicians is one of the best post-college, quarter-life crisis books I've ever read. I think in the first one, I identified a lot with Quentin's desire to prove himself and his ambition. But without that kind of coming of age story, I found him so much more insufferable in the second book. Julia's story redeemed it for me but it made him all that much worse in comparison.