Lover of Snark

[mulder200.livejournal.com]

Hello, new member here. I recently got myself roped into LKH by reading The Harlequin. I wrote a book review about on my own journal and needless to say was curious for more. That book was probably one of the most explicit mainstream porn books I have ever read. LOL! I mean I was just so fasicinated that she would spend so much time on sex.

So I started to read the books from the very beginning and I have to say that while Anita is one MAJOR bitch with mental problems and issues, the books were still good to read.

So anyway, I have to ask you follower snarkers: When was the moment the series Jumping The Shark?

BTW, was I the only one who kinda got the feeling that the author was trying to set the scene for Anita sleeping with Edward's adopted son?

Comments

[no-ron.livejournal.com]

i'm afraid the latest AB drivel cannot even pass as good or representative "female porn". (not that i know much about female porn. but this can't be it. for sure. can it? >_> )

i guess you'll get a couple of different answers as to when the series jumped the proverbial shark (based on people's preference), but as far as i'm concerned, 'Obsidian Butterfly' was the last good AB book.
then came apocalypse.
and what a wild jump over the shark that one was. it's almost unbelievable that the same person who wrote the books "after" had written the books "before". there's a lot of speculation about the hows and whys.. as you'll see if you decide to catch up on the archives.

how far into the series are you? and do you like the older stuff?

in any case, the brutal devolution of the AB series is a phenomenon to behold. quite unique, actually.. :)

[mulder200.livejournal.com]

Well, the last AB book I read was the omnibus edition Midnight Cafe and I ordered Black Moon Inn from the library.

It always amuses me how fans get so emotionally invested in these fictional characters like they are real people. Reminds me of the debate going on over at the CSI fandom about GSR and Sara leaving. It's just nuts!

[no-ron.livejournal.com]

then you still have three novels (that would be 1&1/2 omnibus) to go before Narcissus..

LKH buys them presents. how nuts is that? :p

[easol.livejournal.com]

And she talks to them! I mean, she really talks to and about them as if they were PEOPLE!

And seriously, you will see a MASSIVE jump between those two books.

[mulder200.livejournal.com]

Good point. That is weird.