Comments on: Review: Dreams of Gods and Monsters, Laini Taylor

By: Jess - A Book Hoarder

Jess - A Book Hoarder — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:02:36 +0000

Reading this has made me realize I still haven’t posted my own review. Thank you for dropping some knowledge on me. I thought a lot about polysyndeton while reading this book but had no idea what it was called. Maybe having an actual word will help me rally my thoughts.

You don’t care about Akiva and Karou? But…but…fine…
I will admit that the hangups in their relationship almost got too angsty for me but I’m with you on the love triangle.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:27:35 +0000

In reply to aartichapati. Yep, fair enough. It's a good series with good worldbuilding, and the titles are not my favorite.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:22:05 +0000

In reply to Words for Worms. Hahahaha, glad I could lure you in with snark. :p

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:21:13 +0000

In reply to Heather. Hahaha, yes, I think you should read them. While also being aware that they are not on the Patrick Ness level. Really quite good books, but not as good as Chaos Walking.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:14:36 +0000

In reply to Rachel. Hahaha, I'm glad I could draw you in with my references to random literary devices. :p

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:12:26 +0000

In reply to Jeanne. Hahaha, then I AM YOUR WOMAN. I know the names of ALL the rhetorical devices. Comes from being crazy into Latin.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:50:31 +0000

In reply to Athira.

Yep, it’s definitely not! The last book in a series is a tricky thing to pull off, especially when — as here — I was waiting for it for a while before it came out. I was glad Taylor was so successful.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:49:52 +0000

In reply to Nish. Enjoy "polysyndeton". I love knowing the words for literary devices -- learned all of them in Latin class over the years. The opposite thing, where the authors use no conjunctions, is asyndeton. The more you know!

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:49:14 +0000

In reply to stitchesandmarginalia. Really almost no love triangle at all. Which, yay! Down with love triangles!

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:48:52 +0000

In reply to Alison. Yep, i agree. I could have used a little more explanation -- in particular, I had no memory at all of the White Wolf's close underlings and who they all were.