Skitty wrote:
Secretty wrote:
Imagine if JK Rowling released the first Harry Potter book from Snape's point of view? Everyone would of gone "Meh, who cares?" and rightly so. Don't understand why this book is getting a free ride on this. It's the same way video game companies, or movie companies, can't think of a new, interesting concept so just do a rerelease of a film/game that did really well.
Must say I'd definitely read the Harry Potter books from Snape's point of view! ;) More chance of getting me to read that than the FSOG books.
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I tried to read the first FSOG because I really like the idea of being into erotic novels - I'm not immune to the charms of reading naughty things, but coudln't stand the writing style. It's so.... unsexy.
Read a little bit of the new book via someone live-tweeting it as they read it, so that's not a very fair overall view, but I was surprised at how similarly it's written considering it's meant to be from a different character's perspective. From how they both seem to think and talk in cringingly awful cliches, I guess the main characters are perfect for each other.
But I do also appreciate that some people love it, and good for them. I wish I could find an erotic book that I liked too!
It's very sweet of you to say that the characters are made for each other. Lol. The obvious answer to that is that the writer only knows one style of writing and therefore you can't differentiate between characters. :P
To be fair, once I wrote that first comment, I realised it wasn't a great example. Snape is probably one of the more interesting characters in the book, so a story from his point of view would probably go down very well. But it's the principle of it and less about what content would be included. In the end, it would still be JK Rowling cashing in on the success of Harry Potter because she wasn't able to be a success with anything else. As it is, she's gone on to write a few other books, so good for her.
I can accept sequels and series of books telling a new story. But rewriting the whole story from someone else's point of view? That's just lazy. It's a lack of creativity usually reserved for the gaming or movie industry. If a series is finished, let it die. Write something new. Some new characters, new plots. Fifty Shades of Grey was her opportunity. She's made a name for herself now. A new franchise would sell on her name alone. She could show the world what a good writer she is (well...potentially is). I would kill to be in the position she's in and yet she squanders it because she's too scared, talentless, or just plain lazy to move on from a series that has already meant she never has to work again.
It's just a waste. Just wait until "The Greyest of the Grey" is realised and is from the point of view of the pizza delivery guy who see's the couple for half a second during the plot.
TLDR: Generally, my point is Shakespeare never rewrote Hamlet from Horatio's point of view. ;)