Yep, I was reading the novels for Eric. Gave up on them - when she veered away from Eric and went with Quinn, the were-leopard, who was incredibly boring and not all that appealing to me. Were's do nothing for me for some reason. (Had much the same problem with LKH - who also got obsessed with were's, while I found her human character - the sociopathic Edward far more interesting and wanted more of him. So gave up on LKH as well.)
Eric made me laugh in the Stackhouse novels. Particularly Eric's and Sookie's interactions and banter. Was looking forward to Alan Bell's series, at least I think that's his name, the same guy who did Six Feet Under. But it got indefinitely delayed by the Writer's Strike. I haven't read her Lily Bard novels or heard of them.
No, we really don't get to choose, do we? What bugs us or strikes a chord. Which is why I find discussing popular culture or entertainment so difficult at times. It's such a personal thing. So subjective. Arguing over it is sort of pointless in a way. Because the person's reaction to a piece of art or a peice of entertainment is on a gut level, instinctual, and not always something they can easily explain. I still don't completely understand why of all the characters in the Whedonverse - the only one that continues to compell me is Spike. I thought it was the actor for a while, it's really not. I thought it was the bad boy. Nope. There's just something about that character that I found and to some extent still find inexplicably compelling.
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Date: 2008-03-13 01:36 am (UTC)Eric made me laugh in the Stackhouse novels.
Particularly Eric's and Sookie's interactions and banter. Was looking forward to Alan Bell's series, at least I think that's his name, the same guy who did Six Feet Under. But it got indefinitely delayed by the Writer's Strike. I haven't read her Lily Bard novels or heard of them.
No, we really don't get to choose, do we? What bugs us or strikes a chord. Which is why I find discussing popular culture or entertainment so difficult at times. It's such a personal thing. So subjective. Arguing over it is sort of pointless in a way. Because the person's reaction to a piece of art or a peice of entertainment is on a gut level, instinctual, and not always something they can easily explain. I still don't completely understand why of all the characters in the Whedonverse - the only one that continues to compell me is Spike. I thought it was the actor for a while, it's really not. I thought it was the bad boy. Nope. There's just something about that character that I found and to some extent still find inexplicably compelling.