Three dollars and some change

Hey! This is Nichole, I finally got an LJ account.

I know I'm a little late, but I completely agree that the book had no point. It was all about Anita messing up everyone else's lives (accidentally of course) then her whining about it. There was a lot of stuff that could have been edited out to make the storyline seem less circular and make room for resolving issues that were actually interesting and mattered. I found myself sympathizing with everyone, but Anita at times (even Meng Die!). The sex was over the top not believeable and gratuitous at times which was something LKH swore never to indulge in and I could totally Anita losing the respect of the guards. She kept asking way too many questions that had already been answered or if they hadn't yet been, she'd ask them then leave them unanswered only to bring them up again. Plus, she didn't do anything she said she would. I know she's battling the ardeur and everything, but with everything that happens, she continued to have unprotected sex and only used condoms some of the time.

It wasn't all bad though. Some of the issues and concepts of the ardeur were great, especially how she got Nate and Micah. It helped me accept Micah more. I think LKH had a lot of great ideas, I'm just not sure I like the way she presented them and the direction she went with them.

Is this reminding anyone else about the Merry Gentry books more than usual?

I also saw a lot of parallels between your stories, Mhalachai and DM. The way Anita tried to cut everyone off in Inevitable was similar. It shows you have a great grasp of Anita's character and reactions. LKH also talked about Anita's life before she started in on all the sex and how Anita started to change, some think for the worse. It reminded me of Switchback.

Ok, I didn't mean for that to turn into a rant. Sorry about that, lol. I was just expecting more from LKH.

Nichole

PS - Would it be ok if I friended you, Mhalachai?