I think this writer could write about almost anything - Bodie or Doyle waiting for a bus - and I'd love it because I love the way she writes, perhaps even more than what she actually writes *about*. An air of expectancy hangs over her writing, of hope against hope, a kind of breathlessness with the promise of things to come - that something wonderful (or terrible) is about to happen (even when it doesn't). Yes, at times she can write in a flowery kind of way but it doesn’t seem to irritate me in the way that M Fae Glasgow does. I never find Angelfish’s writing tortuous, long-winded or feel that she’s guilty of saying the same thing several times in different ways (like me), if she does then it just passes over my head.
With a few well chosen words she can draw me straight in so that immediately I become a part of her beautiful tableau, sharing the lives of her characters on a beautiful summer's evening:
A warm late-May night, the city breeze tired but sweet. The road to the car park was quiet, and Doyle walked contentedly at Bodie's side
A 'breeze' which is 'tired but sweet' - I love it.
If I force myself to be objective there is one thing I could mention and it’s going to sound ridiculous because to change it would mean altering the whole story but, anyway, logical, I ain't.......…..I'm not sure what it is about Bodie or Doyle which suggests to a writer that one of them was a victim of child sexual abuse and I must admit to finding that particular theme a bit tedious and, strangely, given how difficult it must be to write, a bit easy to fall back on - a bit of a cop-out. (Maybe because it’s been done so many times?). Having said that, the whole thing was redeemed and made different by the presence of Kath, so that was OK and if I have to read about that particular subject I'd rather it was in the deft hands of writers such as Angelfish than anyone else!
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Date: 2010-02-04 02:24 pm (UTC)With a few well chosen words she can draw me straight in so that immediately I become a part of her beautiful tableau, sharing the lives of her characters on a beautiful summer's evening:
A warm late-May night, the city breeze tired but sweet. The road to the car park was quiet, and Doyle walked contentedly at Bodie's side
A 'breeze' which is 'tired but sweet' - I love it.
If I force myself to be objective there is one thing I could mention and it’s going to sound ridiculous because to change it would mean altering the whole story but, anyway, logical, I ain't.......…..I'm not sure what it is about Bodie or Doyle which suggests to a writer that one of them was a victim of child sexual abuse and I must admit to finding that particular theme a bit tedious and, strangely, given how difficult it must be to write, a bit easy to fall back on - a bit of a cop-out. (Maybe because it’s been done so many times?). Having said that, the whole thing was redeemed and made different by the presence of Kath, so that was OK and if I have to read about that particular subject I'd rather it was in the deft hands of writers such as Angelfish than anyone else!
Thanks for this rec!