I think they just haven't read the book enough to really realize all of the sneaky hints and foreshadowing that's really there. I have to agree a little, though; you get really into this small story, about the character development, the fantastic dialogue between the five travelers...it sucks you in, and you take it for granted that this is a typical adventure story. So when it hits you that, no, the entire thing is part of something way way bigger that unravels all at once in your hands once they cross that bridge and make it into Eddis, it is, admittedly, a little wacky. Most young adult novels don't require you to think (or, for that matter, feel, which was my initial problem with the sequel), so, yes, I agree, it's a terrible shock :) Homie needs to get off their high horse of not trusting authors and give the book another shot.
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Date: 6/2/06 10:59 am (UTC)I think they just haven't read the book enough to really realize all of the sneaky hints and foreshadowing that's really there. I have to agree a little, though; you get really into this small story, about the character development, the fantastic dialogue between the five travelers...it sucks you in, and you take it for granted that this is a typical adventure story. So when it hits you that, no, the entire thing is part of something way way bigger that unravels all at once in your hands once they cross that bridge and make it into Eddis, it is, admittedly, a little wacky. Most young adult novels don't require you to think (or, for that matter, feel, which was my initial problem with the sequel), so, yes, I agree, it's a terrible shock :) Homie needs to get off their high horse of not trusting authors and give the book another shot.
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