tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610800.post6996934085676955345..comments2023-11-03T03:25:28.823-07:00Comments on James Somers: ENCLAVE by KAREN HANCOCKJames Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944619796890820032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610800.post-47509485775560931112009-09-15T19:47:59.704-07:002009-09-15T19:47:59.704-07:00I have always wanted to like Karen Hancock's b...I have always wanted to like Karen Hancock's books, and I've never been able to do so. I really did want to like them! I love fantasy, I want to promote the ladies that write fantasy, but I couldn't in good conscience do so with Karen's work. <br /><br /><br />Becky--I'm a fantasy lovin female, and I want explosions and battles and all kinds of impending doom and switchbacks and betrayals, losses compounded by frustrations compounded by overwhelming odds. I want desperate hopes, and characters willing not to make it to the end of the story. <br /><br />What is it you look for in a story?everlastingscribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10390789953931295135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610800.post-86049287969449103792009-07-20T13:05:02.795-07:002009-07-20T13:05:02.795-07:00James, I think it's interesting to see the var...James, I think it's interesting to see the varying reactions. I prefer fantasy myself, but was easily engaged with the story. I wonder if it's because the protagonist is a woman. (I may have just opened up the whole discussion again about the way men and women differ in our approach to fiction.)<br /><br />BeckyRebecca LuElla Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823550402103559922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30610800.post-39692663602472140232009-07-20T11:12:27.759-07:002009-07-20T11:12:27.759-07:00Honestly, many of the elements of "Arena"...Honestly, many of the elements of "Arena" and her past novels were recycled within this book. And her writing's excellent and thoroughly engaging. But I felt the story itself and it's characters felt similar to elements of her past novels. Karen Hancock's Legend of the Guardian series transcended these recycled elements and brought the characters more to life. Instead of having them fit a certain pattern to reflect the struggle of faith.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767924119613122471noreply@blogger.com