I recently finished Robin McKinley's Beauty. I don't have time for a full review, but I just want to observe that making Beauty turn out to be hot at the end was such a cop-out.
Hey Natalia, I'm not sure whether Beauty is YA fiction (I haven't heard of it before), but I wanted to alert you that the writers at Jezebel.com have started doing a feature where they return to the fiction of their youth and write reviews/reactions. It's a pretty great feature (and Jezebel is an awesome website anyway). You should totally contribute.
Yes, some Jezebel stuff can be hit or miss. But I love the writing by their editors, Moe and Anna (Moe in particular is a really interesting feminist, among other things) and I love, love their "Crappy Hour" feature, where Moe and Megan just have a conversation, usually about politics. Also, "Crap Email from a dude" is often hilarious (one time they published a letter that was obviously from a U of C dude where he was berating a girl about the weather). I hate "Snap Judgment," though. It's just clever paparazzi-ing.
I think if Twisty ever decided to stop being impossibly purist (I hope she never, ever stops being impossibly purist), she might be Jezebel.
Hey Natalia,
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether Beauty is YA fiction (I haven't heard of it before), but I wanted to alert you that the writers at Jezebel.com have started doing a feature where they return to the fiction of their youth and write reviews/reactions.
It's a pretty great feature (and Jezebel is an awesome website anyway). You should totally contribute.
Michelle, Beauty is indeed YA. I will definitely have to check out Jezebel's reviews, although I have mixed feelings about the site in general.
ReplyDeleteYes, some Jezebel stuff can be hit or miss. But I love the writing by their editors, Moe and Anna (Moe in particular is a really interesting feminist, among other things) and I love, love their "Crappy Hour" feature, where Moe and Megan just have a conversation, usually about politics. Also, "Crap Email from a dude" is often hilarious (one time they published a letter that was obviously from a U of C dude where he was berating a girl about the weather). I hate "Snap Judgment," though. It's just clever paparazzi-ing.
ReplyDeleteI think if Twisty ever decided to stop being impossibly purist (I hope she never, ever stops being impossibly purist), she might be Jezebel.