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lkh_lashoutsAny (ex)fans of Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series here?
I ask because it just struck me that the Scarpetta books have declined in quality in a very similiar manner to AB:VH - each series featuring a decent character who rapidly disintegrated into blatant Mary Sue-ishness and with angst replacing plot after the series had achieved some measure of success.
Thoughts?
I ask because it just struck me that the Scarpetta books have declined in quality in a very similiar manner to AB:VH - each series featuring a decent character who rapidly disintegrated into blatant Mary Sue-ishness and with angst replacing plot after the series had achieved some measure of success.
Thoughts?
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Date: 2006-04-17 09:30 am (UTC)Breaking point was when I thought more carefully about a line basically saying, "Those damn blacks couldn't handle the fact that I published the truth about them always killing each other, stupid black people", and I haven't looked back since.
I think it helped that I then discovered Kathy Reichs, but now I'm even going off that. I think our society is going through forensic-mystery overload. It can't last.