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Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles, #1)
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Sep 14, 2011
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You know, I wish Melina Marchetta would be more considerate of my mind - it's exhausting, having it blown all the time.
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Sep 24, 2011 03:27PM
Gotta read this asap! :D
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Yeah, you do. Everyone needs to read EVERYTHING Marchetta has ever published and I'm not even kidding.
Good to know. I've been putting off her books for a while now, after reading some not so pleasant reviews about her work. But the good seems to outweigh the bad in her case, so I would give this a try.
Thomas wrote: "Where are these nay sayers who gave her bad reviews?? Show me. It is I, the Defender and Biggest Advocate of Melina Marchetta."
Don't make him throw tomatoes! He'll do it!
Oh no, TheDuchess, you've upset The Tomato! Seriously, I'm going to go find these bad reviews. It seems inexplicable to me that there could be anything to fault Marchetta on.
Bad reviews of her books?! Have never seen one (or, quite possibly, just repressed them).
I went searching and found a few. The complaints I saw were:1) can't keep up with all the characters/lore (I thought, for a fantasy novel, it was character and lore lite!)
2) didn't like Finnikin/Evanjalin
3) are batshit insane
Lol, guys. They are right here on goodreads. I think it might be more of a pet peeve thing for those who give her low scores though. In other words, her characters and narratives are awesome, but perhaps the way she handled an issue didnt go well with them. I think i read a review of Saving F, where the person went really detailed into how they didnt like how a particular character dealth with her depression.
I'm usually very touchy in regards to how mental health is handled in fiction so that had put me off for a while.
But no longer. She and Ellen Hopkins write books that I really need to get into.
Evanjalin was badass to a new extreme. I had the biggest girlcrush on her.
Huh. I've been planning of checking it out but I just might now with all the glowing reviews...
Going to read this ASAP just because of your review.
