And I had exactly the same reaction (except I don't think I've read Odd Thomas -although it is a popular trope and sounds incredibly familiar.). I've been thinking it for a while...that he lost someone, either a sister, a parent, a girlfriend...someone, and he went crazy. (Very Constantine - Constantine became a warlock in order to bring back his mom in order to talk to her.)
Since we're both thinking the same thing? I think we may be right...there's certainly a lot of anvils. (Solider killing himself because everyone he loved was dead - and that's why Johannas takes pity on his ghost, because the ghost just wants to see Katy again. And then there's the couple, Rachel and Ted -and Ted needing the doll.) This writer lacks subtlety.
Wth? Where did that come from. It doesn't seem all that connected to the plot. That's what I mean by ''wanders' .
Agreed. It reminds me a little bit of Ready Player One and Skin Game - which did the same thing. It's like the writer strings together a series of adventures under one heading...which I suppose can work. Although I think it worked a lot better in "The Night Circus" - where the writer was more deliberate about it.
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Date: 2015-04-14 02:31 am (UTC)And I had exactly the same reaction (except I don't think I've read Odd Thomas -although it is a popular trope and sounds incredibly familiar.). I've been thinking it for a while...that he lost someone, either a sister, a parent, a girlfriend...someone, and he went crazy. (Very Constantine - Constantine became a warlock in order to bring back his mom in order to talk to her.)
Since we're both thinking the same thing? I think we may be right...there's certainly a lot of anvils. (Solider killing himself because everyone he loved was dead - and that's why Johannas takes pity on his ghost, because the ghost just wants to see Katy again. And then there's the couple, Rachel and Ted -and Ted needing the doll.) This writer lacks subtlety.
Wth? Where did that come from. It doesn't seem all that connected to the plot. That's what I mean by ''wanders' .
Agreed. It reminds me a little bit of Ready Player One and Skin Game - which did the same thing. It's like the writer strings together a series of adventures under one heading...which I suppose can work. Although I think it worked a lot better in "The Night Circus" - where the writer was more deliberate about it.