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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2011-07-02 02:50 pm

[ SECRET POST #1642 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1642 ⌋


Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 10 pages, 238 secrets from Secret Submission Post #235.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 1 - hit/ship/spiration ], [ 0 - repeats ]
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments and concerns should go here.

[identity profile] bamf2me.livejournal.com 2011-07-03 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Most of these types of books are really, REALLY terrible. You wonder if the writer ever bothered to watch the show/movie/whatever the 'novel' is 'based' on, or even just do any research beyond "what were the characters names again?". For shows that were canceled before the plot was resolved, these books are suppose to tie up loose ends for fans. Dark Angel books are a great example, horrible horrible things. Or fans hope for some character development for a second string character.

You can usually tell if the book is worth getting by looking up the author and seeing if they are fans of anything (even if not of the actual series they are writing a book for now) or not. Writers that are fans themselves of something tend to at least understand fans' interest and try to do a good job. Those who are just in for a paycheck ... well, usually they are just filling an obligation and don't actually care.

Saddest are the books that are written by writers from the show the 'novel' is based on and the characters are so ooc and plots are vapid. Nice to know how they really see the show/movie/whatever.