Although I do suppose there's still a point in that despite the fiasco among a vocal portion of her fandom, she's still a bestselling author. I'm still pondering what forces are at work there.
Some of the readers here (two who quit reading, one who didn't) have said in this thread that they didn't perceive it as a bait and switch, which is to say, they didn't feel that it violated the character as she'd been written. Two didn't like the direction shift, one didn't mind it and kept reading. The fact that they still sell, and the fact that three people here said they didn't feel like it violated character, implies that this isn't an overall betrayal; it's a personal reaction to the text. And I get that, because I respond strongly to fiction--but at the same point in time, I respond to the book.
I'm guessing that a number of people didn't mind it and kept reading, and some of them came to the series expecting it to be what it became, so they didn't have the extreme hatred about the shift in character--just a desire to read the books.
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Date: 2010-10-14 05:59 am (UTC)among a vocal portion of her fandom, she's still a bestselling author.
I'm still pondering what forces are at work there.
Some of the readers here (two who quit reading, one who didn't) have said in this thread that they didn't perceive it as a bait and switch, which is to say, they didn't feel that it violated the character as she'd been written. Two didn't like the direction shift, one didn't mind it and kept reading. The fact that they still sell, and the fact that three people here said they didn't feel like it violated character, implies that this isn't an overall betrayal; it's a personal reaction to the text. And I get that, because I respond strongly to fiction--but at the same point in time, I respond to the book.
I'm guessing that a number of people didn't mind it and kept reading, and some of them came to the series expecting it to be what it became, so they didn't have the extreme hatred about the shift in character--just a desire to read the books.