"That [Christopher Paolini’s] books are this dependent on the Master [ie Tolkein] is no surprise; what will surprise the adult reader is that they are so tediously told."
Adam Gopink in The New Yorker: “The Lord of the Rings,” “Twilight,” and Young-Adult Fantasy Books
Gopink pulls no punches for Stephanie Meyer, either:
Stephenie Meyer, the author of the “Twilight” series, is an awkward writer with little feeling for construction, but the intensity of emotion with which she imbues her characters is enviable.
/via Nina
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wallsconcesandgreenshutters said:
Its almost impossible to read to children as a bed time story. They fall asleep right as you’re about to finish some geography description, and when you recap the next night you feel like an idiot for wasting their childhood reading about fake mtns.
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