tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898093196374109483.post8004701492143643492..comments2012-10-02T14:56:10.134-07:00Comments on Back to the Mountains: Cyndere's Midnight 2: Good PointsStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01793038831644847951noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898093196374109483.post-62002925424413465332009-02-26T21:11:00.000-08:002009-02-26T21:11:00.000-08:00CM definitely flows better than AC. In fact, I'm s...CM definitely flows better than AC. In fact, I'm strongly tempted to advise newcomers to read the second and ignore the first. There are a lot of allusions to AC, but most are relatively clear in context.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793038831644847951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898093196374109483.post-71954329696385785262009-02-26T20:17:00.000-08:002009-02-26T20:17:00.000-08:00I tend to agree with your comment about Overstreet...I tend to agree with your comment about Overstreet's prose. I think he has improved the flow in this book over Auralia's Colors. His writing is strong in both books, but so far I much prefer CM to AC. : ) Thanks for the posts on the book!Alexander Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348112043924940744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898093196374109483.post-74109522217180889832009-02-18T13:13:00.000-08:002009-02-18T13:13:00.000-08:00I'm reading your posts backwards, Steve. Again I m...I'm reading your posts backwards, Steve. Again I mostly agree with you, but I think there are deeper themes. However, given what Jeffrey says about his manner of writing, I question my idea of what his intended themes are. If I understand him correctly, he doesn't intend themes; he discovers them. That's my phrasing of what he said to Robert Treskillard in his interview.<BR/><BR/>In my review yesterday, I also said I thought this was Jordam's story and could have been titled <I>Jordam's Dawn</I> because I thought it was much more than him fighting out of drug addiction.<BR/><BR/>I see the whole beastman thing as a metaphor for our sin nature.<BR/><BR/>But is that me thinking the way I think or is this actually what Jeffrey wanted to communicate through his story? Or is he writing a story without any intention, which allows for multiple interpretations?<BR/><BR/>There's the crux of the problem of this current popular trend among Christian writers to escew theme. <BR/><BR/>BeckyRebecca LuElla Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823550402103559922noreply@blogger.com