What did Cynthia facing constant danger do for the book?
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Re: What did Cynthia facing constant danger do for the book?
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I agreeRenee_Prior1995 wrote: ↑03 Jun 2019, 23:49 Maybe the author wanted to make a smart character, but also wanted to make her vulnerable enough to be in so much danger
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At first I had no idea why Cynthia lacked common sense, but this actually makes sense.Renee_Prior1995 wrote: ↑03 Jun 2019, 23:49 Maybe the author wanted to make a smart character, but also wanted to make her vulnerable enough to be in so much danger
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I 100% agree. While I'm a huge fan of action plots, I find it unrealistic when characters are constantly facing danger and always make it out alive and/or largely unscathed, and then seem to find themselves facing yet another life-threatening danger right away. It becomes too "superhero" for me. It also makes me wonder whether the main character is just idiotic and can't do anything to keep themselves out of trouble. Makes me dislike them for causing trouble for everyone else.ArriettyClock wrote: ↑03 Jun 2019, 05:50 I always find it frustrating when lead characters (of either gender) just fall from one danger to another without any linkage in the storyline. It makes for a very disjointed and annoying read. No one's life is like that, so it makes it unrealistic as well as confusing about why this character seems to have a death-wish.
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You've read my mind , exactly like what I'm thinkingDD129 wrote: ↑28 Jul 2019, 20:42 While constant danger might be the motto for action movies, it's not the same for books. The producers for those kinds of films know their audience appreciates a lot of visual theatrics that exhilarates the mind, but books are a whole different medium. A lot of action doesn't always translate well into books. Even in movies, I find it irritating when the main character(s) somehow always find themselves in the worst trouble, like their blood attracts anything and everything dangerous. It gets annoying and repetitive real quick, as it did with this book.
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Yes, I agree with this. I was actually thinking, 'this would have been annoying even if she was a man'. I like to give writers the benefit of the doubt. Not all characters need to be sensible and make all the right choices because not all people in real life are sensible and make all the right choices.ArriettyClock wrote: ↑03 Jun 2019, 05:50 I always find it frustrating when lead characters (of either gender) just fall from one danger to another without any linkage in the storyline. It makes for a very disjointed and annoying read. No one's life is like that, so it makes it unrealistic as well as confusing about why this character seems to have a death-wish.
But if you want me to believe something about a character, like this is a defining characteristic or trait about them, you can't keep making them do things that contradict that. Because then your character just ends up looking ridiculous, and the story loses its impact.
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I found Cynthia potrayed as an incapacitated and with no much power to defend herself. The character would have been better if she was well developed.Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑01 Jun 2019, 09:04 Did you feel that a protagonist who seemed to be in ever present danger and just barely survived was good for the book? Did she make the story more thrilling?