lore of the wilds thoughts, pt one

[thevagabondexpress]

I picked this book up after stumbling across the cover during an image search for something else  and checking out the synopsis to see what I thought. It looked from cover and summary like it would be a much better written, Black-centered ACOTAR and so far, halfway through the book, it's both lived up to and surpassed those expectations. Sbrana handles the horror-and-trauma part of living as captives in a fae-ruled land incredibly well, especially Lore's run-ins with the Sentries, which are always bone-chilling. Lore is also refreshingly intelligent, figuring out what the ward around Duskmere quickly and harboring appropriate distrust of her fae captors, lying easily for her own safety. I don't always expect my protagonist to be this sharp, but I get frustrated when someone who's supposedly lived a hard life in dangerous or destitute circumstances behaves as if they grew up in soft suburbia.

Further thoughts: everyone is pretty as hell—is Lore, mayhaps, bisexual? Also I don't trust that magic book of hers. I believed what it showed her was true but what kind of deal did she make?? Or maybe that's just my natural lack of trust in unfamiliar technology. Magic is a kind of technology, fight me.

Comments

[cyare]

*insert that quote about advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic*

I've never read ACOTAR but the premise of this book sounds interesting!

[thevagabondexpress]

acotar is not for everybody and not worth it if you're not into the specific kinks it puts on offer. i just have this obsession with the fact that the premise is so so good and then it was executed in a way i just can't stand.

also yes! you're thinking of clark's third law, and quite possibly prachett's addendum.

[cyare]

I've seen people being really into the first book/s and then very disappointed about the ending, I confess I was glad I hadn't gotten into it when I started hearing folks complaining about it :P

I knew you'd know it, thanks! :D

[thevagabondexpress]

yeah :\ i adored the first throne of glass, stuck out the rest of them because i liked the protagonist and the writing style even though they weren't what i'd been sold on, tried acotar, hated it, became obsessed with it anyway because i hated it, and now have two whole wips that started as fix-it fanfics *hides*

and yeah! clark's third law is one of my favorite writing concepts to play with

[cyare]

Listen, if canon has untapped potential it's only right you go and fix what the author couldn't do properly! :D

[thevagabondexpress]

exactly, exactly. i was gonna just write fanfics but then i realized i could do so much more if i went and made them into original thingies. so one of them's lebor gàbala èrenn inspired and the other one is ✨lesbians✨