YES, this helps me nail down my thoughts too! I mean, obviously her books do work for some people! But I think for me, it's that, exactly - what's missing in Bear's books, that some other authors have a lot of, is the sense of the characters having rich and varied inner lives, and intense relationships with each other. It's possible that Bear just doesn't like writing that, or doesn't consider it important, but it IS important to me, and it's what elevates a book from "meh" to obsessive pageturning.
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Date: 2020-02-27 03:22 am (UTC)