Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Taylor Swift, "Long Live."

BLACKOUT open thread!

To celebrate the release of Blackout, 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. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.)

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, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.

Have fun!
Tags: blackout, mira grant, zombies
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jenk

May 24 2012, 01:34:06 UTC 5 years ago

One thought I've had re: George and Shaun is that it's not that different from Harry and Elaine in the Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden books ... except that Harry and Elaine were adopted as teens, not babies/toddlers.

(It could be that Harry and Elaine bothers some readers too, I just haven't encountered them.)

All that said: Yes, I loved when she kissed him. I was a bit surprised when she said they never wrote down that part of their relationship. I thought it would be in their written diary but then again I can see why they wouldn't (parental snoops).

jammiesest

May 24 2012, 16:58:27 UTC 5 years ago

Oooh, yes, Harry and Elaine are a good parallel! And I loved, loved, loved when she kissed him and then when he kissed her in the hotel. *happy sigh*

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Charles Ellis

May 25 2012, 01:12:31 UTC 5 years ago

Does it make me old that the the first thing their relationship reminded me of was an episode of "Fantasy Island"? Though in that case the siblings had not known they were adopted and had not acted on their attraction or even admitted it to each other until they learned the truth. Still, a bit on the risque side for circa 1980 broadcast TV.

idancewithlife

May 25 2012, 04:43:12 UTC 5 years ago

I thought the kiss was also important because lovers have ways of touching and responding to each other that probably would have also helped convince Shaun that the 97% claim in his arms was who it hoped it was.

seanan_mcguire

June 12 2012, 18:08:43 UTC 5 years ago

Yeah, the Masons did NOT respect their privacy.