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Feb. 1st, 2006 09:27 amOkay, so I started reading the first of the two CSI novels I checked out of the library. Keep in mind, these are actual, licensed, published novels, not ff.n fangirl drivel. What do I find on the first page?
"Grissom's boyishly handsome features were slightly compromised by the gray encroaching on his brown hair, and crow's feet were sneaking up on the edges of his eyes, frown lines etching inroads at the corners of his mouth."
I'm sorry, but I started giggling so hard when I read that. Maybe because it was 6 am, but, "boyishly handsome?" Grissom? Must have been written before William Petersen grew the beard. Yeah, I think he's attractive, but, "boyishly handsome?" *snerk* Add in that no other character so far has had such a loving description...we've had Brass described as having "sad eyes," Sara's smile as "gap-toothed," Catherine as having "reddish-blonde hair," Nick as having "well-chiseled features" (hey, if I'd call anyone "boyishly handsome," it's George Eads! see icon), Sergeant O'Riley as "burly" and "crew-cut," and Greg as "skinny, spiky-haired." Six chapters and 70 pages in, no real description of Warrick, even. I understand that the audience the book is marketed to already knows the characters, knows what they look like, how they act, etc, so the author doesn't have to spend much time establishing personality or description, but if you're going to describe one character so completely, why not all of them? The author takes the time to describe the secondary characters, those that aren't represented on the show (and another "aww," I was hoping the AV tech they used would be Archie), but barely describes the regulars.
Ah well. Just some early-morning ranting. And so I don't spam the f-lists, other thoughts this morning:
Things you should never have to say, but often do when you have cats:
No fighting on Mommy! Mommy is NOT a battlefield!
Mommy is not a landing strip!
Mommy is not a launchpad!
Mommy is not a chewtoy!
Mommy is not a scratching post!
"Grissom's boyishly handsome features were slightly compromised by the gray encroaching on his brown hair, and crow's feet were sneaking up on the edges of his eyes, frown lines etching inroads at the corners of his mouth."
I'm sorry, but I started giggling so hard when I read that. Maybe because it was 6 am, but, "boyishly handsome?" Grissom? Must have been written before William Petersen grew the beard. Yeah, I think he's attractive, but, "boyishly handsome?" *snerk* Add in that no other character so far has had such a loving description...we've had Brass described as having "sad eyes," Sara's smile as "gap-toothed," Catherine as having "reddish-blonde hair," Nick as having "well-chiseled features" (hey, if I'd call anyone "boyishly handsome," it's George Eads! see icon), Sergeant O'Riley as "burly" and "crew-cut," and Greg as "skinny, spiky-haired." Six chapters and 70 pages in, no real description of Warrick, even. I understand that the audience the book is marketed to already knows the characters, knows what they look like, how they act, etc, so the author doesn't have to spend much time establishing personality or description, but if you're going to describe one character so completely, why not all of them? The author takes the time to describe the secondary characters, those that aren't represented on the show (and another "aww," I was hoping the AV tech they used would be Archie), but barely describes the regulars.
Ah well. Just some early-morning ranting. And so I don't spam the f-lists, other thoughts this morning:
Things you should never have to say, but often do when you have cats:
No fighting on Mommy! Mommy is NOT a battlefield!
Mommy is not a landing strip!
Mommy is not a launchpad!
Mommy is not a chewtoy!
Mommy is not a scratching post!
