Her writing is a bit of an acquired taste at times I guess. I'm actually in the process of reading Murder of Angels (having a kid puts you way behind on reading). I've been reading her stuff since like 97/98 when she really started popping up on the scene. Her books have been described as "goth noir" sometimes, though I'm not always sure how I find that label, lol.
There doesn't really seem to be much of a middle ground with her writing, there are people who love it, and people who hate it. A lot of the hating of it seems to come from people's preconceived notions about how "likeable" characters should be, and how stories should progress and end and all that. And with the earlier books people had problems with her wordcrafting, as she would glue words together in descriptions.
I don't know, I guess I'm the wrong person to ask, lol. MoA is kind of one in a "series" so I would start with Silk, then Threshold, then <>Low Red Moon and then Murder of Angels. And then there are plenty of her short stories that touch on some of the characters in the novels.
Silk is certainly gothier than the later novels, just so you know.
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Date: 2006-10-20 07:44 pm (UTC)There doesn't really seem to be much of a middle ground with her writing, there are people who love it, and people who hate it. A lot of the hating of it seems to come from people's preconceived notions about how "likeable" characters should be, and how stories should progress and end and all that. And with the earlier books people had problems with her wordcrafting, as she would glue words together in descriptions.
I don't know, I guess I'm the wrong person to ask, lol. MoA is kind of one in a "series" so I would start with Silk, then Threshold, then <>Low Red Moon and then Murder of Angels. And then there are plenty of her short stories that touch on some of the characters in the novels.
Silk is certainly gothier than the later novels, just so you know.
Maybe a trip to the library (again?)?