almost excellent fluff

[maribou]

Dead Witch Walking, by Kim Harrison
So this is completely over-the-top, the heroine is fun, it's frequently hilarious, and satisfyingly action-packed, and I almost LOVED it, as paranormal bad-ass novels go .... BUT:

Gewurtzenheimer on toast, a mink is NOT a rodent!! A mink is more like a *bear* than like a rodent; it EATS rodents and NOT carrots, and I'd be a lot more worried about its canines than its incisors, and ZOG ZOG ZOG. The mink in this book worked more like some kind of super-rat. GRAW.

But, you know, the book was good enough that I actually put up with this driving me crazy for quite some time, and eventually it was no longer part of the story, and I enjoyed the rest of the book. And the last time someone wrote something this biologically stupid in a novel I threw it across the room, and I wasn't even tempted to throw this one ... so there *is* merit here. JUST NOT IN THE MINK DESCRIPTIONS. *STOMP STOMP STOMP*

It's not like basic research is all that hard anymore.
(66/300)

Comments

[ilmarinen.livejournal.com]

Man, that pisses me off, when authors don't bother to do the most basic of research or fact-checking. I mean, if they are going to write detail about something they know nothing about, at least do a cursory wikipedia check on it first.

hrmpth. Totally ruins my ability to take anything else in the story seriously.

-B.

[(Anonymous)]

Luckily this is the kind of story that isn't meant to be taken seriously in the first place. I think that's the ONLY reason I managed to get through the mink part.

[maribou]

er, that was me.

[kerrymae.livejournal.com]

I dunno, minks might as well be rodents, in my book. :)

[(Anonymous)]

WHY I OUGHTTA.

[maribou]

Man, anonymous shouting is so not as effective.
*clears throat*

TO THE MOON, ALICE, TO THE MOON!!!!

[kerrymae.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

[kerrymae.livejournal.com]

Why you oughtta...put your name next to that comment? ;)

[ilmarinen.livejournal.com]

I know a number of folks with an irrational hatred of the mink/ferret family. Really cute creatures actually--just not the best of house pets.

-B.

[kerrymae.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't hate minks and ferrets, they just sort of do look like rodents in some ways. :)

[gement.livejournal.com]

Mustelids get no respect.

You'll tell me if I hit some glaring inconsistency, then. Good to know.

*wanders off to eat some rodents*