back to my fictional world where dogs never interrupt and breakfast rarely seems to happen.
I think this encapsulates one of the major problems with her books. They don't feel real. People don't have breakfast. There isn't anyone grabbing toast on the way out the door, or bitching because Nathaniel insists on buying muesli instead of chocolate cereal. No one ever uses the last of the toothpaste, or takes the last hair elastic or forgets to put milk on the shopping list when they use the last of it. There are no pets that interrupt romantic or dramatic moments, no fish that need feeding. No bills to pay, no shoes to buy because all that running has just about worn through the soles of your favourites. None of the little details that make a story feel real. By making the story her escapist fantasy, she's made it feel like some creepy plastic twilight zone.
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Date: 2015-08-23 02:22 pm (UTC)I think this encapsulates one of the major problems with her books. They don't feel real. People don't have breakfast. There isn't anyone grabbing toast on the way out the door, or bitching because Nathaniel insists on buying muesli instead of chocolate cereal. No one ever uses the last of the toothpaste, or takes the last hair elastic or forgets to put milk on the shopping list when they use the last of it. There are no pets that interrupt romantic or dramatic moments, no fish that need feeding. No bills to pay, no shoes to buy because all that running has just about worn through the soles of your favourites. None of the little details that make a story feel real. By making the story her escapist fantasy, she's made it feel like some creepy plastic twilight zone.