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⌈ Secret Post #2463 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's not bad, in my opinion, but it's very much a hit or miss. I love it because of how it immerses the reader into the world (and the world-building in general) and how the vampires were clearly not-human in how they thought and acted. Most vampire books and movies make them into people who have fangs and drink blood, whether they're love interests or unredeemable villains. Sunshine doesn't have that.

It does get a bit overhyped, I will agree with the OP there. That is, it's personally one of my all-time favorite books, but I can see the reasons why someone wouldn't like it. It really depends on the person reading it.

[forgottenjester]

Ah, I think I understand it better now. Thank you for explaining it to me.

I'm still surprised I haven't heard of her though.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - Of course, anytime! I love talking about books, haha, especially those I have a lot of thoughts about.

As for why you haven't heard of her, do you read a lot of fantasy? I mainly know her through her fairy tale retellings, and I think her other books are high fantasy, so if you don't read those, I can see why you wouldn't have heard of her. In general, I don't get the impression that she's like, a cornerstone of the genre, so I can see why you haven't heard of her. She's just well-known enough to be known, if that makes sense.

[forgottenjester]

I read a lot of fantasy. That's actually why I'm surprised. But oh well, I know of her now.

[feotakahari]

"The Blue Sword" and "The Hero and the Crown" are actually pretty famous among the high fantasy crowd. A few years ago, they were one of the three possible things people might mention when they tried to list fantasy novels by female authors other than J.K. Rowling.

(The other possibilities were mention of the Valdemar series or of something by Tamora Pierce. I wasn't alive in a time when anyone commonly mentioned Elizabeth Moon or Andre Norton, and I think I'm in the wrong circles for Marion Zimmer Bradley.)

[forgottenjester]

Huh, well, I might just check them out. Thanks.

[feotakahari]

A minor curiosity I forgot to mention: McKinley is Peter Dickinson's wife. You can see her influence in some of Dickinson's later books (most obviously The Ropemaker.)

[forgottenjester]

Oooooohh, I see. Thank you again.

[(Anonymous)]

DA--another anon who loves this book and McKinley's other stuff generally, here. Fair warning; Sunshine is written in messy first person stream-of-consciousness. I would still give the book a go even if these things might put you off, but if the first couple of pages make you twitch I would pick up a fairy-tale retelling by her instead. Her two most famous are both Beauty and the Beast retellings. I like Rose Daughter, the later one, better than Beauty, but Beauty is interesting because there's some speculation that Disney lifted some oddly specific bits from the book for the animated film. Also if incest creeps you out, you should probably avoid Deerskin, her take on Donkeyskin/The Many-Furred Girl aka 'the one where the king tries to marry his daughter because she looks like his dead wife.'

[forgottenjester]

Oh, I haven't dealt with stream-of-consciousness since Virginia Woolf years ago. Hmmm, it wasn't my favorite but I'm not 100% against it. But it I should at least give it a chance.

Thank you for you information and giving me a heads up. I appreciate it, anon.