Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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DEADLINE open thread. Have a party.

To celebrate the release of Deadline [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy], here. Have an open thread to discuss the book.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned.

You can also start a book discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence. I will probably answer a great many comments. I may not answer all of them.

Have fun!
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dunmurderin

June 5 2011, 05:41:39 UTC 6 years ago

I just finished the book tonight at work (and a thunderstorm started just about the time I got to the big storm scenes in the book). I have to say that the Shaun/George relationship works for me -- it's dysfunctional, but like someone said back on page 1, this is a highly dysfunctional world. And it makes sense with the way they were raised.

What I really liked was how you showed Shaun and how he was changed by George's death. My fiance passed away 11 years ago and in the years since, I've developed a bit of a chip on my metaphorical shoulder about portrayals of grief in the media. Shaun's response to losing George hits all the right buttons with me; his quote on coping had me nodding in agreement from the beginning.

And even better? The reactions of the people around him are good. His friends are concerned about him but they don't let him get away with being an asshole because he's hurting. And we get to see that the others are hurting and the grief of others over losing George and other people and it all just works so damned well. Thank you!

How long until Blackout comes out?

seanan_mcguire

June 6 2011, 19:12:47 UTC 6 years ago

I am very glad Shaun rang true to you.

You can always find release dates on my website; the most accurate is http://seananmcguire.com/other.php. The Newsflesh books are published once a year.