So I was really eager to read this one after getting into Airhead and I was liking it right up until the last 20 pages or so. Everything was coming together, all the plot threads being neatly tied up for a satisfying ending, only to have the rug yanked out right before the end. And guess what there's a third book coming out. How convenient. It's shades of LJ Smith all over again. I really don't mind stories that have multiple volumes if it is necessary to the story. I get really irritated by books that could have ended (and should have ended) but keep going just to have another book to sell. The problem is I totally know I will buy this next book because I want to read about Em & Christopher's happy ending. The happy ending that could have been written at the end of Being Nikki if the whole Brandon blackmailing plot twist hadn't been introduced. I realize I'm complaining about a book about brain transplants starting to turn too soap opera-ish for me but I am. I feel like Dr. Drake Ramoray will be making an appearance sometime soon (which would probably reinvigorate my interest in the story!). But I think I've just run out of patience for this story. It's never good when it just sounds tiring to read the next volume.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Being Nikki, Meg Cabot
So I was really eager to read this one after getting into Airhead and I was liking it right up until the last 20 pages or so. Everything was coming together, all the plot threads being neatly tied up for a satisfying ending, only to have the rug yanked out right before the end. And guess what there's a third book coming out. How convenient. It's shades of LJ Smith all over again. I really don't mind stories that have multiple volumes if it is necessary to the story. I get really irritated by books that could have ended (and should have ended) but keep going just to have another book to sell. The problem is I totally know I will buy this next book because I want to read about Em & Christopher's happy ending. The happy ending that could have been written at the end of Being Nikki if the whole Brandon blackmailing plot twist hadn't been introduced. I realize I'm complaining about a book about brain transplants starting to turn too soap opera-ish for me but I am. I feel like Dr. Drake Ramoray will be making an appearance sometime soon (which would probably reinvigorate my interest in the story!). But I think I've just run out of patience for this story. It's never good when it just sounds tiring to read the next volume.
