Nov 29, 2022
Eeveelution dragon!
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Eeveelution dragon!
Tim: "Damian is the spawn of Satan. Evil, will kill anyone without hesitation. Dangerously spontaneous. Is an annoying brat who only cares about himself. Who will use anyone to get to reach his questionable goals."
Jon: "I look up to Damian. Sure sometimes he can be a bit harsh but the way he puts his life on line to save anyone out of the good of his heart is soo inspiring. He always has good advice. He's so smart and it's amazing how he uses his smartness to fight crime. Hes so compassionate and caring, he takes in animals and truly cares for them. He is an amazing leader, and I am honored to be trained by the best next to Batman"
Tim: "We..are talking the same Damian here right?"
This motherfucker????? I chose the option to cling to Jonas instead of stupidly trying to shield Jonas because I know what CG is coming up, and he says something like wow you cling to me in a life or death situation I feel like a hewwoo AND IS JUST FUCKING "OKAY" ABOUT IT
SORRY I DIDNT CHOOSE THE OPTION TO USE MC AS A MEATSHIELD?? WHAT THE FILFUCM JONAS 😡
how. fucking. Dare You
word is trying to gaslight me into thinking meerkats isn't a word. what the fuck.
Formulaic Books
In a book set in Missouri, with switching POVs and interlocking timelines, a crime concerned with false allegations and people with unhealthy love to each other is solved after a big plot twist. Which book did I just describe - "Dark Places" or "Gone Girl"?
Right.
I noticed this because I read both Gillian Flynn novels in the space of two months (although it is pretty obvious). The same happened with Jodi Picoult's "House Rules" and "Nineteen Minutes", though to a somewhat lesser extent.
These novels are in no way predictable, they are just, well ... formulaic. They seem to follow patterns and use the same building blocks to tell their story. And that discourages me from buying more books from these authors, because even though the plot seems interesting, I have a constant feeling of deja vu when reading.
Kathy Reichs does this, too, but her novels lean into the direction of crime novel cliches (heavy enough that I am unsure what happened in each book), whereas the two mentioned above go beyond just that.
And then there are people like James Michener, who also always write "the same" book - an epic saga spanning millennia - but manage to make it unique every time. Or Markus Zusak, who - with "The Bookthief" and "The Messenger" - wrote two books that could not be less alike.
Maybe it is a commercial thing of wanting to put out a new book as fast as possible, and not coming up with something completely new is quicker. Maybe they don't actually have other ideas, I am not sure. Fact is: formulaic books are boring, even if they are one step before being predictable.
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