#and elain being so genuinely aloof is absolutely ridiculous

[timelessphoenix]

Does not make sense in my brain that Feyre doesn't know how to read or pronounce a bunch of different words and the book is written in fairly descriptive first person perspective.

Sounds a tad elitist, but congnitive dissonance is all it is. I understand that just because I can say the word "position" doesn't mean I can attach the sounds to the letters of the word when I read it on a page. But it's weird to be reading words like "crimson" from her perspective when she probably couldn't read it off a page herself. Also, she's lived in poverty for so long; does she realistically know a lot of the words she uses in her perspective? This comes up in the same chapter. "I searched for the word in the half-forgotten part of my mind. Mural. That's what it was (114)." But she's got no trouble meandering through the labyrinths of books both in front of her and on the mezzanine dangling above. Seems like Maas picks and chooses when Feyre does and doesn't know words she may (or may not) have heard and/or known in her small time as a wealthy kid. And "meandering" is a word you pick up almost exclusively by reading!! Who SAYS that in common speech??

It's just an aspect of Feyre's character that makes me think it'd be better if this was written in third person pov. Anyhoo. I keep writing this to avoid reading. Back to trucking through.

#I'm struggling to read this lol #I keep nitpicking every time I open it #I'm only 13 chapters in #a c o t a r #I'm spacing it out cuz I don't want the hate lol #but if anyone else is like me and hasn't read this whole series seventeen times and owns thirteen million editions of each book #I'm read a court of thorns and roses by sara j maas #reading* lol #I just don't believe feyre as a character #or any of them really #the story is compelling but the characters are caricatures of their archetypes #nesta being as shamelessly cruel makes almost no sense (I'd say none but i have my own sister who is...... not the kindest 98% of the time) #(even then she's not like nesta lol) #and elain being so genuinely aloof is absolutely ridiculous #she's gotta be faking as a coping mechanism #right? #anyway. these characters feel less than two dimensional. #but I'm reading this cuz my sig fig got it for me as a gift #and i love him #so I'm trying to make it through