But personally, I love being surprised when a book ends up being more than it seems, as long as the story itself remains coherent and satisfying.
I'm the first to admit that the above elements may surprise readers who go in expecting a straightforward adventure tale. In addition, the book challenges readers by imposing a bit of an unusual narrative structure-not with the usual flashbacks and flash-forwards, but done in a way most have probably never seen before. In the case of The Reintegrators, I went a little further by designing the novel as mysteries within a mystery on top of the overriding question of what happened to Teddy's father, each world Teddy visits is its own mystery, because each holds a secret which reveals it to be more than it initially appears. This is something the SF/F genres do especially well, because they force readers to understand the intricacies of entirely new worlds in order to appreciate the story. I still like that phrase, because it captures what I think is the main theme of the novel: marrying a character's process of self-discovery with the external discovery of strange and fantastic realms.Įven though I enjoy reading for many reasons, I've always had a soft spot for books that make me think. The first sentence I ever wrote to describe The Reintegrators was: "An inter-universe coming-of-age story." Stories not involving awkward girls who meet new, mysterious, attractive guys at school that they've a) been dreaming about, b) can't stay away from, or c) both.So I see that Goodreads encourages authors to review their own books, but that they encourage us to "consider posting a brief essay about your book's inspiration in the review space.".I browsed through the top free books and the top paid books and copied down the blurbs to find things I liked or didn't like. It's not quite the same as hanging out in the YA section of Barnes & Nobles or Half-Price Books or BookPeople, but this is the 21st century. Today, I hung out in the YA section of Amazon.
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