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Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 1-15 **MAJOR SPOILERS**
Razil:
I'm loving the book so far, and love the Justice League Murphy has formed. Daniel worries me, in that he does strike me as way too similar to the nutty priest Michael beat with a baseball bat.
And he has no restraint, as shown by his outburst with Felicia present. So, unless his attitude changes, I don't see Daniel surviving this story.
And speaking of Felicia, while I was surprised to find that Thomas is so far MIA (which I suspect may be a result of his mindset after Harry got shot on HIS boat), I was more surprised to find the WC representative wasn't Justine or Lara. Seems to me Lara would go herself, or use Justine as proxy, out of respect for Harry and Murphy.
I'm also a little disturbed by Molly's attitude and change. It strikes me that the extent to which she required Harry was extremely underplayed until now. Her Batman-esque crusade fits what she would think Harry would want (particularly with all the references Harry makes to comics), but it strikes me as her also completely missing the point. :P
Yes, Harry was responsible for wizard vigilanteism, but he also relied on his friends quite a lot, whereas she seems to be pushing them all away. To continue with the Justice League metaphor, if Harry is Batman, Molly has become Red Hood. Instead of responding with enough force to stop, she is responding with, what she sees as, force enough to deter.
I can easily believe she has PSTD due to her psychic sensitivity, but she is making it worse with her own violence. Hopefully just knowing Harry is around in some form will help her to begin healing.
Also, I would love to read stories about this new Will. He is standing strong with one trick and, from the brief description afforded so far, he's kicked some ass in the past six months.
Glorificus:
This is hard, because I read it all, but I'll be careful. I missed Thomas, too. But Daniel, WOW! I like that other Carpenter kids are showing up.
I found the first few chapters slowish, because the new world was being built. The spoon thing confused me, because I haven't seen The Matrix, but Mickey helped me out. THANKS, MICKEY!! ;D
Molly and Murphy are way harder, possibly with more brittleness. Butters, imo, is a God. Sort of.
Fitz is a great new character, I think.
Scott Drummond:
Hi all,
In Chapter 10, there's a phrase "But the Red Court was dead, the same way the Black Court was dead". A couple of paragraphs after Mister runs into Harry.
Would the "Black Court was dead" mean that it no longer exists? I have to think it means something else as there wasn't a major action against the Black Court...
Thanks
Scott
Glorificus:
I saw that also, and really didn't understand it. More questions for Jim!!!
ccalvert:
--- Quote from: Scott Drummond on July 28, 2011, 10:05:49 PM ---In Chapter 10, there's a phrase "But the Red Court was dead, the same way the Black Court was dead". A couple of paragraphs after Mister runs into Harry. Would the "Black Court was dead" mean that it no longer exists? I have to think it means something else as there wasn't a major action against the Black Court...
--- End quote ---
The point was that while not every single member of the Red Court may be dead, the organization itself is gone and no longer has any influence on the world except through its absence.
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