tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post7749170939387834126..comments2023-09-07T05:35:29.189-07:00Comments on Leslie's Psyche: Review: AcheronLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12055116610295076439noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-66496097479562853372008-12-14T21:30:00.000-07:002008-12-14T21:30:00.000-07:00I realize that every reader can have different res...I realize that every reader can have different responses to a story. This review is simply my response to Ash's story. I certainly don't expect everyone else to agree with me. Reading is a very personal experience and I would never tell someone how to go about reading a book or what their reaction should be afterwards.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055116610295076439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-82302854263050031772008-12-10T00:38:00.000-07:002008-12-10T00:38:00.000-07:00A friend of mine sent me this book for my birthday...A friend of mine sent me this book for my birthday. Because I had a column where I am a movie/book/music critic for the local paper she thought I could do an article on it. My editor loved the idea. <BR/><BR/>I've read the book six times since I got it and that was two weeks ago. I don't see how you can say something like "Too much torture" the characters seem real and if you think of what life was like when they were supposed to be human (the first time around anyway) that is how brutal and terrible things were. Don't knock the books because you can't understand how times were back then. <BR/><BR/>If you had read the opening acknowledgments then you'd learn that Kenyon set up the basis for Atlantis to be technologically more advanced than the rest of the world. And once Apollymi sank it into the ocean, the world was essentially knocked back to the stone age in some areas. <BR/><BR/>Acheron is a tale that touches on all emotions and feelings. It experiences everything you can experience on each side of the scope of good and evil. It's natural and human and taps a lot into our inner selves. Aside from the prostitution and beatings, I can honestly say that for mostly emotionally I understood what drove Ash's actions to react the way he does. Don't read it as expecting it to be top of the world. Read it as if learning about his experiences and finally - FINALLY - learning about the past that is Acheron. *smiles* Almost like Jesse poured over Lestat's journal in the Queen of the Damned movie. So too must we go into Acheron with reverence and eagerness.The Midnight Muse by C. S. Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838141361650149923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-45442899618503290412008-09-17T08:38:00.000-07:002008-09-17T08:38:00.000-07:00Kristie ~ Ash is the king of the tortured hero. T...Kristie ~ Ash is the king of the tortured hero. The first part was hard to read. Even when things were going well I just knew it wouldn't last. <BR/><BR/>This is one series that has so many characters you almost have to read all the books IMO. Even then it's hard to keep everyone straight. <BR/><BR/>Simi, lol, I can see how she'd drive you nuts. She hasn't change. : )Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055116610295076439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-6685379596556860682008-09-17T04:41:00.000-07:002008-09-17T04:41:00.000-07:00I read the first 5 or 6 Dark Hunter books then sta...I read the first 5 or 6 Dark Hunter books then started getting tired of the fact that she spent too much time setting up future books then on the one I was currently reading. Plus she has a tendency to make her heroes TOO tortured. From what I've read, I don't think this is one to start up again with the DH series. I don't like the sounds of the first half. Plus I couldn't stand Simi - that character drove me nuts!!Kristie (J)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.com