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[timepiececlock]

I kind of want to make an LJ community for fans of the book Soon I Will Be Invincible, which I read on Sunday evening in a motel room on my way to Denver and adored. I have a long, babbling, review that will be posted as soon as I can figure how to not have it be 7 paragraphs long, positive AND negative criticism.

Would anyone be interested?

I only know that I want to read fanfiction, or something, or possibly doodle the characters, and I want to talk to others about how awesome the female superheroes and other female characters are, even the character who resembles Penny from Dr. Horrible. Or, rather, the kind of character that I wish Joss Whedon'd had the foresight or cleverness to let Penny become instead of refrigerating her right off the bat. I also want to talk to people about the really strange timeline inconsistancies that I can't figure out are deliberate mockery of comic book canon discontinuity, or just sloppy inattentiveness that an editor let slide through. I want to babble about shipping, because I finished the book with two possible OTPs, a couple entertaining not-quite-OTPs, and at least one "unconventional" pairing that I actually thought the book was going to commit to at one point in my reading.

If you're not interested, or don't know the source material: go read Soon I Will Be Invincible, and THEN come back and tell me if you're interested. The book is a pretty swift 300 pages that you can read in a few hours. Except you might want to read it again.*

DONE! be_invincible! ....


*I hate that there's not ten sequels out there already, waiting for me to purchase.

Comments

[octopedingenue]

I am intrigued by your idea and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter!

I am so glad I have someone else to fangirl this with now! Especially the women! Man I would love to cosplay as Fatale someday.

we will fangirl together, we will!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

READ THIS!

http://girl-wonder.org/girlsreadcomics/?p=83

At first its just some fans complaining about heternormative stuff (which I noticed in the book but bothered me less than the whitewash implied by an anoying lack of character description), but NEAR THE BOTTOM the author joins in!

And then on page 2 he starts talking about little details that never made it into the book, including sexuality of a few characters. !!! I'm reading now, entranced.

BTW, I totally blame YOU for making me spend 16 dollars on a book that HAS NO SEQUEL TO ENTERTAIN ME NOW THAT IT'S OVER.

Fatale was really cool. I kinda want to ship her with Impossible, but in a post-book kind of way. Except I also want to ship Lily/Impossible. And maybe Lily/Damsel too. So confusing! But it's all awesome.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

oops, this is the correct link:

http://girl-wonder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2623

note to self

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

must check this out later:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6462029.html

[jaina.livejournal.com]

I just got the book! Hopefully I can join y'all soon.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I think you'll love it. :) Slowly, our numbers shall grow.

[irrel.livejournal.com]

LOL I just that book from the library like 5 days ago XD Reading it now, sounds interesting but it hasn't captivated me yet. I'm sure it will!

[akavertigo.livejournal.com]

Dude.

Dude.

I was just about to rec that thing to you and Irrel. Personally, as a novel I think it's got more than its share of flaws. But as an exercise in fun? High marks, Mr. Grossman.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I agree with you. It's not a perfect work, by any means. But..BUT... but the spirit and heart that went into it is so genuine, and it hits so many of my tickle points. Knowing that this is the first novel of Grossman... I think that if he did more of these, they'd only improve.

It made me love the characters, which is enough to make me want to grab the bok and hug it.