http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/2012/09/27/review-the-blood-keeper/ by Elizabeth Burns Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/2012/09/27/review-the-blood-keeper/#comment-201417 Leila Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:44:20 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/?p=5085#comment-201417 You mean Sherlock Holmes? Heh. You mean Sherlock Holmes? Heh.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/2012/09/27/review-the-blood-keeper/#comment-201416 Liz B Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:40:01 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/?p=5085#comment-201416 Leila, there is something fun about finding a main character like Mab. You know who I was just reminded of, with the combo of arrogance/no empathy? House. Leila, there is something fun about finding a main character like Mab. You know who I was just reminded of, with the combo of arrogance/no empathy? House.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/2012/09/27/review-the-blood-keeper/#comment-201370 Leila Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:48:31 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/?p=5085#comment-201370 Yeah, as a character, I personally enjoyed Mab enormously because she was so very, very flawed -- but I feel like authors are always taking a real chance in writing an even SOMEWHAT unlikable protagonist, since so many readers (understandably) don't want to spend time with someone unlikable. In real life, though, I don't think I'd want to be friends with her. Or at least, the version of her at the beginning of the book, because of her arrogance, but mostly because of her lack of empathy. Yeah, as a character, I personally enjoyed Mab enormously because she was so very, very flawed — but I feel like authors are always taking a real chance in writing an even SOMEWHAT unlikable protagonist, since so many readers (understandably) don’t want to spend time with someone unlikable. In real life, though, I don’t think I’d want to be friends with her. Or at least, the version of her at the beginning of the book, because of her arrogance, but mostly because of her lack of empathy.

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