Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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PARASITE open thread!

To (somewhat belatedly) celebrate the release of Parasite, 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: mira grant, pandemic time, parasite
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kassrachel

November 19 2013, 23:38:14 UTC 3 years ago

I really enjoyed it too -- for me the drama was in watching Sal fight against what we all knew, and what she subconsciously knew but didn't want to admit to herself. There were so many clues for the reader which went right by her, because she wanted them to go right by her -- the beating of the drums (which I admit also took me to a happy Doctor Who place :-), the comfort in the gel ultrasound... it makes her a fascinatingly unreliable narrator about her own self, though I think she's reliable about everything else.

Sal and Nathan are both fabulous characters, and I'm psyched to see more of them.

(btw, I posted a bit about the book on my own journal, and if anyone else wants to come natter over there, feel free! It's here on dw and here on lj though so far the conversation's happening at dw.)