Wow, I have to say I feel like I want to read the book just to see how an author can be so blind to the contradictions inherent in the character. I mean, a self-absorbed person might not notice that they expected the world of their friends without wanting to give an inch themselves (or, more likely, would rate their own paltry sacrifices or efforts as equivalent--this happens all the time: "Okay, so she gave up her chance to take the foreign service exam in order to hold my hand while I wept about my boyfriend--***I*** brought her her lunch at work that one time when I really wanted to get a haircut.") BUT (yeah--this is all still one sentence!) you expect the author to see through this self-absorption! . And, I don't know, maybe make the character grow up a bit.
Also, secret societies? And all-boys secret societies? And called basset hounds. Please. .... Actually, it would take a lot for me to sympathize with someone's desire to be part of an exclusivist secret society, so that might be a problem from the start, for me.
Oh and whoops--this was meant to be a general reply to the entry, not to your comment. Durr.
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Date: 2011-11-18 12:12 pm (UTC)Also, secret societies? And all-boys secret societies? And called basset hounds. Please. .... Actually, it would take a lot for me to sympathize with someone's desire to be part of an exclusivist secret society, so that might be a problem from the start, for me.
Oh and whoops--this was meant to be a general reply to the entry, not to your comment. Durr.