Yes! And the tribute of bread from the district, that was impressive too. Because it was brodcast live, it was a form of solidarity and protest from a whole area under control. Totally awesome. This world kind of smells like China meets Survivior.
I was also impressed with her ability to develop secondary characters without doing the crappy descriptions (her blond hair was accentuated by the unforgiving sun, but it couldn't hide the twinkle in her expressive green eyes, blah, blah, blah...) She manages to give them a depth and a humanity that most authors can't in such a modest role.
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on 2009-08-15 12:09 am (UTC)I was also impressed with her ability to develop secondary characters without doing the crappy descriptions (her blond hair was accentuated by the unforgiving sun, but it couldn't hide the twinkle in her expressive green eyes, blah, blah, blah...) She manages to give them a depth and a humanity that most authors can't in such a modest role.