no, i meant, my issues wrt Ghost are f*cking me up enough that trying to read the review gave me heartburn. not because it was *bad* - or good, or whatever - but because when i tried to do anything more than skim, my issues started jumping up and down hollaring they they HAD TO BE AIRED NOW, GODDAMMIT!!!
i'm frustrated with that response, because 1) i really would like a chuckle and 2) believe it or not, i'd actually like to read the books to the end. the changes Harmon is making in the Keldara culture are going to be interesting, and i want to see if Ringo's ideas are similar to my own.
but i can't read it without the red haze descending, and the urge go on a very messy killing rampage bubbling up. i mean, the sort of 'messy' that gives grown men nightmares and countess bathory enough of a blood supply for a zillion years... and the image of that blood and destruction starts looking... very *purifying*, if you know what i mean, when the issues start clamoring for voice.
so, um, yeah, when i say 'i can't read it', for this particular post and books and any serious tavern discussions about said books, the implied addendum is 'without risking the life and limb of everyone around me.'
which may lead you to ask why i linked at all, or originally read David's review.
i came across it on metafandom, where the blurb mentioned John Ringo, but not Ghost. so when i clicked on it, half-expecting a very liberal/ leftist-leaning review of Hymn Before Battle or something. i didn't know it would be about the Ghost series. and having clicked on it, i scanned it to check the tone of the review. and also, in the back of my head, i figured it would be a good way to 'spot check' where i was on this issue internally. i mean, to see if i was ready to move forward. obviously, i'm not. :-p
but by the same token, given that what i skimmed seemed fairly even-handed, and the responses in the comments indicated a lot of people found it funny, i figured other people might be interested to. the rest is history.
... except i'm still wound up about it. sheesh. i need to do some serious processing. either that, or smack the crap out of my pell when i get home.
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Date: 2008-04-23 05:32 pm (UTC)i'm frustrated with that response, because 1) i really would like a chuckle and 2) believe it or not, i'd actually like to read the books to the end. the changes Harmon is making in the Keldara culture are going to be interesting, and i want to see if Ringo's ideas are similar to my own.
but i can't read it without the red haze descending, and the urge go on a very messy killing rampage bubbling up. i mean, the sort of 'messy' that gives grown men nightmares and countess bathory enough of a blood supply for a zillion years... and the image of that blood and destruction starts looking... very *purifying*, if you know what i mean, when the issues start clamoring for voice.
so, um, yeah, when i say 'i can't read it', for this particular post and books and any serious tavern discussions about said books, the implied addendum is 'without risking the life and limb of everyone around me.'
which may lead you to ask why i linked at all, or originally read David's review.
i came across it on metafandom, where the blurb mentioned John Ringo, but not Ghost. so when i clicked on it, half-expecting a very liberal/ leftist-leaning review of Hymn Before Battle or something. i didn't know it would be about the Ghost series. and having clicked on it, i scanned it to check the tone of the review. and also, in the back of my head, i figured it would be a good way to 'spot check' where i was on this issue internally. i mean, to see if i was ready to move forward. obviously, i'm not. :-p
but by the same token, given that what i skimmed seemed fairly even-handed, and the responses in the comments indicated a lot of people found it funny, i figured other people might be interested to. the rest is history.
... except i'm still wound up about it. sheesh. i need to do some serious processing. either that, or smack the crap out of my pell when i get home.
-bs