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Tag Archives: Oh Mary Sue how I hate you
Marked Chapter 25
I have to admit that I was surprised in the last chapter. I fully expected Nyx to appear before Zoey and her friends and tell her where to go to get the ball rolling. So when PCK opted to skip … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Death by Drama, Oh Mary Sue how I hate you, Poor Bastard
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Marked Chapter 14
Now that we’re past Zoey’s lit class, we join her in fencing. She says that it’s surprisingly cool. Their instructor is “Lankford Dragon Lankford, or just Dragon” and he doesn’t look like what she thought a male vampire should look … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Dull Details, Oh Mary Sue how I hate you, Why? Because the Author demands it
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Marked Chapter 6
We start off with Zoey thinking about some “ancient song” whose lyrics happen to still rhyme in English. It’s always amazing how that works out, isn’t it? Zoey’s memory is slowly coming back to her, because remembering that you’re turning … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Me am Special, Oh Mary Sue how I hate you, What's the Plot Again?
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Marked Chapter 1
We start off with some acknowledgements to various folks. The mother thanks people from her creative writing classes in ’05 to ’06 and her daughter. They both do this cutesy thing where they each say something nice about the other … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Me am Special, Oh Mary Sue how I hate you, Why? Because the Author demands it
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Midnight Sun Chapter 9(again) Part 2
So Ed wants to know how Bella got Jake talking about things which are forbidden. Bella says she flirted with him and demonstrates for Ed. Ed tells us she couldn’t possibly be more beautiful but he doesn’t let this come … Continue reading
Posted in Midnight Sun, Recap
Tagged Ed is just better, Oh Mary Sue how I hate you, Talk talk talk
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Midnight Sun Chapter 9(again) Part 1
Yes, someone screwed up. I went back to the beginning of the last chapter and looked and it’s a nine. Not an eight that didn’t scan quite right but an actual nine just like this chapter is also nine. This … Continue reading
Posted in Midnight Sun, Recap
Tagged Oh Mary Sue how I hate you, Talk talk talk, Too dumb to live
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Midnight Sun Chapter 9 Part 1
Part of why I hate these stories, they probably don’t deserve the title of book, are the changes to Otis’s vampires. Not because she changed them in general, fictional vampires have been evolving as a meme since Stoker. But because … Continue reading
Posted in Midnight Sun, Recap
Tagged Killing in the Name of, Oh Mary Sue how I hate you, The plot thins
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Midnight Sun Chapter 7 Part 3
Yes, there’s a part three. Though this thing skips from seven to nine without a marker for eight. To be fair, which is beyond charitable with Otis, it might not have gotten copied properly as this is an early leak. … Continue reading
Posted in Midnight Sun, Recap
Tagged Control is love, Ed is just better, Oh Mary Sue how I hate you
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Midnight Sun Chapter 6 Part 1
I followed her all day through other people’s eyes, barely aware of my own surroundings. Are you sure that’s how you want to start this crap off, Otis? I admit, it’s far more succinct than ‘I followed Bella’s every move … Continue reading
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Tagged Author Failure, Edward is a stalker, Oh Mary Sue how I hate you
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Midnight Sun Chapter 5
You may have noticed that the post before said part 1. I was confused and had actually finished chapter 4 in one go. Something I hadn’t expected to do with this damned thing. The title has been corrected and now … Continue reading
Posted in Midnight Sun, Recap
Tagged Ed is just better, Edward is a stalker, Oh Mary Sue how I hate you
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