I find this discussion very interesting. I didn't feel that Inverarity tacked it on at all - while I didn't like it back when you revealed Max, it really Americanized the feel of the book to me.
I've worked with teenagers and let's face it, these are the topics that occupy their consciousness, and you do a great job describing the general craziness! My mother says - Teenagehood is the closest you get to psychosis. Alexandra's obsessions and hit and miss maturity level are a great parallel to many creative and talented kids who tend to take on too much. And I loved the scene where Alex described her dating life with Constance and Forbearance, you really got the dynamics perfectly, when there are a few "good" girls who, for whatever reason, are respected by the others and there's this urge to tempt them, but also to protect them.
Thanks for not getting too explicit, though... leave something for the meta-fanfiction.
(Tealterror - I plan to respond to your last comment on tomorrow's response thread.)
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:05 pm (UTC)I've worked with teenagers and let's face it, these are the topics that occupy their consciousness, and you do a great job describing the general craziness! My mother says - Teenagehood is the closest you get to psychosis. Alexandra's obsessions and hit and miss maturity level are a great parallel to many creative and talented kids who tend to take on too much. And I loved the scene where Alex described her dating life with Constance and Forbearance, you really got the dynamics perfectly, when there are a few "good" girls who, for whatever reason, are respected by the others and there's this urge to tempt them, but also to protect them.
Thanks for not getting too explicit, though... leave something for the meta-fanfiction.
(Tealterror - I plan to respond to your last comment on tomorrow's response thread.)