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[blamebrampton]

And the other thing that I've noticed in this book, aside from the fact that the boy on the cover knows how to paint a really good lipline but could have cut back on the gloss (young people today) is ...

... that there is something really off about Nick. Not in terms of the writing, but in terms of Nick himself. He is a really strange mix of teenaged selfishness and self-centredness yet with a hugely acute sense of his brother, I'm not exaggerating when I say it's almost a romantic sense, we hear about his brother's looks, his hopes and dreams, his pains, all sorts of intimate knowledge, all from Nick (who is also a bit of an Alan stalker, it appears). Add to that the fact that he seems preternaturally buff and physically advanced for his years and I call plot twist. I'm guessing he's not wholly human and is connected to Alan in an unexpected way.

And if I am right, I will do the happy dance of 'Yes, yes, AND I guessed Bruce Willis was dead in the Sixth Sense' (well, that one was easy).

If I am wrong, I will shake my head and mutter 'Young novelists today, think it's fine for 15-year-old boys to wear lipgloss AND take steroids ...

Comments

[faynia.livejournal.com]

I say LOL!

'Young novelists today, think it's fine for 15-year-old boys to wear lipgloss AND take steroids ...'

I'm not a novelist and unless I was trying to hit a very small demographic of girls who would like a guy like this, I say LOL. No.

On the otherhand, I'm only 30 pages in, perhaps I have yet to discover this steroid issue.

I've discovered some deep-seated anger issues though. xD

[sorrelchestnut.livejournal.com]

The lipgloss thing made me laugh. They also put way too much lipstick on tv stars these days, have you noticed that? It's especially obvious in Supernatural. I'm sorry, but nobody's lips are naturally that shade of blushing rose, and it looks especially funny on guys who've forgotten to shave for a couple days.

[aella_irene]

*She who has Finished the book smiles Mysteriously*

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing he's not wholly human and is connected to Alan in an unexpected way.

I think you may be right! (Only into chapter four myself)

And if I am right, I will do the happy dance of 'Yes, yes, AND I guessed Bruce Willis was dead in the Sixth Sense' (well, that one was easy).

X-D I guessed that one _before_ I watched the movie lolol. Just because everyone was all "What an unexpected plot twist! Ooooh shiny."

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

Mmm, well. He watched his father die violently in front of him when he was a small boy and was soundly rejected by his mother since birth. Alan is the centre of his universe, the only one who ever cared or showed him any affection. I think he's got a right to have some issues. ;)

What's all this, then.

[wemyss.livejournal.com]

Fraternally-incestuous homo-erotism involving a captain-of-games-except-with-lip-gloss public schoolboy? Why hire an illustrator? Just slap something by Henry Scott Tuke on the cover and Bob's your uncle, I should think.

[hollyxu.livejournal.com]

I thought he was close to sociopathic, but with a flavour of rebel!Draco. But you will see in the end! (Sign of being in fandom too long: Defining fictional characters with bits and pieces of established fanon archetypes.)

Who's your favourite character?

Young novelists today, think it's fine for 15-year-old boys to wear lipgloss AND take steroids ...

... This needs lolcats. Or icons.

[drgaellon]

'Young novelists today, think it's fine for 15-year-old boys to wear lipgloss AND take steroids ...

*cough*AdamLambert*cough*... yeah, okay, maybe not 'roid-buff, but c'mon, the boy's got a bod!

[bryoneybrynn.livejournal.com]

Adore you.

[adevyish.livejournal.com]

I've only read the first chapter (when sarah_tales put it online), and I thought I'd picked up on a few of those vibes. Since my slash goggles' mileage varies day-by-day, I assumed this was one of my delusional days. Nice to know I'm not alone (and that I have a reason to read this book sooner rather than later—sooner if I can find a copy that doesn't have any lipgloss boys on its cover. I have Japan for that.)

[aldehyde.livejournal.com]

i'm about halfway through and i pretty much think the same thing.

but i'm not enjoying the book as everyone else - certain parts seem very stilted to me, and i'm bored more than anything else :( in fact, i haven't even picked up the book since thursday [4 days ago] and that's unheard of when i'm in the middle of reading something new..