/Why go for the one that also tends to be portrayed as sleazy?/
Because this whole book (and series) is dripping in sleaze. Fitzpatrick can throw in as many fallen angels as she wants. That still doesn’t change the fact that this is really just a stupid, shallow, and ridiculous teen movie that’s trying to be all dramatic and failing. She could’ve written Rixon and Patch as the members of a motorcycle gang instead of fallen angels and what would’ve changed in the long run? Nothing.
/Force two people into a conversation they don't want to have, then don't even bother sticking around for it yourself./
Of course. Because Vee’s not really a character. She’s a plot device. And an insufferable one at that. At least Jacob was nice in “Twilight.”
/That just screams, “he wants to avoid her at all costs”, doesn't it?/
If Fitzpatrick has read “Twilight,’ I have a feeling that she bought Edward’s line, “I’m tired of trying to stay away from you,” hook, line, and sinker.
/And Fitzpatrick, do you have any hints yet that Patch's “sacrifice” was just basic decency/
Patch’s sacrifice: Deciding at the last minute to not kill the girl that he spent a whole book stalking, assaulting, and brainwashing.
Nora’s sacrifice: Attempting to kill herself.
/Patch and Marcie are better-suited for each other/
Does Fitzpatick not know what she just said? She said that the Mean Girl, the Jezebel, the girl that she’s been obsessively bashing non-stop is a better fit for the “hero” than the heroine. Wow. Way to make your ‘hero’ look even worse. Nice one.
/Rixon says that Patch deserves to cut loose and have fun (but I guess not Marcie, since she gets slammed every time we hear about her doing just that)/
Oh, of course. She’s a girl. Only boys are allowed to “cut loose and have fun.” Girls do that and they deserve to be shamed until kingdom come. This book is dripping in misogynistic double standards.
/They have some sort of radar to know if someone is feeling love towards an angel, but fucking lust slides by??? One of the SEVEN DEADLY SINS?/
They’re fine with it because Fitzpatrick doesn’t care if this makes sense as long as she can bash Marcie again. Yes, boo Marcie for having a relationship with a boy that she doesn’t love. Never mind that the boy doesn’t love her – oh, no, her relationship with Patch will never be as good as Nora’s with Patch because Nora really, really loves Patch because she is the heroine and she is good, and Marcie can never love Patch like Nora does because she is *evil.*
Dear Lord, for all of its sleaziness, I wish that this book would grow up.
/Fitzpatrick actually did seem to have researched this bit, since it does look like France at that time period did hire large numbers of Irish mercenaries./
But wait…does that mean that Patch is Irish? Why does he have an Italian surname then?
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Date: 2014-03-30 01:57 am (UTC)Because this whole book (and series) is dripping in sleaze. Fitzpatrick can throw in as many fallen angels as she wants. That still doesn’t change the fact that this is really just a stupid, shallow, and ridiculous teen movie that’s trying to be all dramatic and failing. She could’ve written Rixon and Patch as the members of a motorcycle gang instead of fallen angels and what would’ve changed in the long run? Nothing.
/Force two people into a conversation they don't want to have, then don't even bother sticking around for it yourself./
Of course. Because Vee’s not really a character. She’s a plot device. And an insufferable one at that. At least Jacob was nice in “Twilight.”
/That just screams, “he wants to avoid her at all costs”, doesn't it?/
If Fitzpatrick has read “Twilight,’ I have a feeling that she bought Edward’s line, “I’m tired of trying to stay away from you,” hook, line, and sinker.
/And Fitzpatrick, do you have any hints yet that Patch's “sacrifice” was just basic decency/
Patch’s sacrifice: Deciding at the last minute to not kill the girl that he spent a whole book stalking, assaulting, and brainwashing.
Nora’s sacrifice: Attempting to kill herself.
/Patch and Marcie are better-suited for each other/
Does Fitzpatick not know what she just said? She said that the Mean Girl, the Jezebel, the girl that she’s been obsessively bashing non-stop is a better fit for the “hero” than the heroine. Wow. Way to make your ‘hero’ look even worse. Nice one.
/Rixon says that Patch deserves to cut loose and have fun (but I guess not Marcie, since she gets slammed every time we hear about her doing just that)/
Oh, of course. She’s a girl. Only boys are allowed to “cut loose and have fun.” Girls do that and they deserve to be shamed until kingdom come. This book is dripping in misogynistic double standards.
/They have some sort of radar to know if someone is feeling love towards an angel, but fucking lust slides by??? One of the SEVEN DEADLY SINS?/
They’re fine with it because Fitzpatrick doesn’t care if this makes sense as long as she can bash Marcie again. Yes, boo Marcie for having a relationship with a boy that she doesn’t love. Never mind that the boy doesn’t love her – oh, no, her relationship with Patch will never be as good as Nora’s with Patch because Nora really, really loves Patch because she is the heroine and she is good, and Marcie can never love Patch like Nora does because she is *evil.*
Dear Lord, for all of its sleaziness, I wish that this book would grow up.
/Fitzpatrick actually did seem to have researched this bit, since it does look like France at that time period did hire large numbers of Irish mercenaries./
But wait…does that mean that Patch is Irish? Why does he have an Italian surname then?
This whole thing is stupid.