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A review by spitzig
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
2.0
AWFUL. The main character whined a LOT. I can't stand a whiny character. Melodramatic. I read this as an audiobook, and maybe the reader was too melodramatic, too.
Not much happened in the plot. And, a little predictable.
The world of fairy was interesting. Sometimes, not believable, though. There seemed to be fairies all over the place, and they seem to need to go to a lot of trouble to hide their existence. But, somehow humans aren't aware of them?
I just saw that she's the author of Feed, which had been on my "To-Read" list, but now I'm taking it off. There've been books on that list since before there was an actual list, and this is the first time a book has come off it.
To "wash the taste" out of my mouth, I'm reading a Felix Castor novel. Urban Fantasy, without the whining.
On a personal side note, I've noticed that I seldom like female protagonists. Same with female authors. I don't have any in my A-list of favorites, and I don't know if I have any in my B-list of favorites, even. I have plenty in my non-fiction list of good authors, though.
Maybe part of it is that sometimes I don't know the sex of the author. In the Golden Age of SF, female authors used to show a gender neutral version of their name(like initials), or even use a male pseudonym. Most of my favorite authors are SF, though most aren't old school.
Not much happened in the plot. And, a little predictable.
The world of fairy was interesting. Sometimes, not believable, though. There seemed to be fairies all over the place, and they seem to need to go to a lot of trouble to hide their existence. But, somehow humans aren't aware of them?
I just saw that she's the author of Feed, which had been on my "To-Read" list, but now I'm taking it off. There've been books on that list since before there was an actual list, and this is the first time a book has come off it.
To "wash the taste" out of my mouth, I'm reading a Felix Castor novel. Urban Fantasy, without the whining.
On a personal side note, I've noticed that I seldom like female protagonists. Same with female authors. I don't have any in my A-list of favorites, and I don't know if I have any in my B-list of favorites, even. I have plenty in my non-fiction list of good authors, though.
Maybe part of it is that sometimes I don't know the sex of the author. In the Golden Age of SF, female authors used to show a gender neutral version of their name(like initials), or even use a male pseudonym. Most of my favorite authors are SF, though most aren't old school.