I adore a good trashy read!
Sep. 2nd, 2009 01:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieAm about halfway through Cassandra Claire's City of Bones. Am amused to note:
1. There are parts CC lifted from the Draco Trilogy, from quotes to story patterns (there is even one really long long passage that is directly lifted). Nothing wrong with it - it's her own fanfic she is borrowing from - but still amusing.
2. The characters are basically DT characters. Jace = Draco, of course (it's pleasing to see CC is so devoted to one particular hero type. I still like him in all his Lymond-wannabe glory, though if he breaks out leather pants I am out). Clary is...let's call her Ginermione (I guess CC finally gave Hermione to Draco :P). Hodge is Lupin and Luke is Sirius. Isabelle is Rhysenn. Simon is Ron. Mysterious Valentine is bound to be a Voldemort/Lucius cross-over. Jocelyn, Clary's Mom, is Narcissa. The Circle = Death Eaters. Trying to find these is ridiculously entertaining. Haven't seen Harry yet.
3. Jace is such a kdrama hero! A horrifically abusive father, a wrong love for the girl he thinks is his sister, and a bunch of sharp weapons. CC could go in for some drama-writing on the side.
This is IRRESISTABLE, you guys! It's such a trashy shoujo manga come to the page. It's making me relive my youthful love for the Draco Trilogy in all its overwrought, melodramatic and ridiculous glory.
1. There are parts CC lifted from the Draco Trilogy, from quotes to story patterns (there is even one really long long passage that is directly lifted). Nothing wrong with it - it's her own fanfic she is borrowing from - but still amusing.
2. The characters are basically DT characters. Jace = Draco, of course (it's pleasing to see CC is so devoted to one particular hero type. I still like him in all his Lymond-wannabe glory, though if he breaks out leather pants I am out). Clary is...let's call her Ginermione (I guess CC finally gave Hermione to Draco :P). Hodge is Lupin and Luke is Sirius. Isabelle is Rhysenn. Simon is Ron. Mysterious Valentine is bound to be a Voldemort/Lucius cross-over. Jocelyn, Clary's Mom, is Narcissa. The Circle = Death Eaters. Trying to find these is ridiculously entertaining. Haven't seen Harry yet.
3. Jace is such a kdrama hero! A horrifically abusive father, a wrong love for the girl he thinks is his sister, and a bunch of sharp weapons. CC could go in for some drama-writing on the side.
This is IRRESISTABLE, you guys! It's such a trashy shoujo manga come to the page. It's making me relive my youthful love for the Draco Trilogy in all its overwrought, melodramatic and ridiculous glory.
