I think the next two chapters weren't to disappointning this time. Now, I don't know if Gomez liked Anne Rice, however I think its a compliment to say that her book is starting to seem like a Rice novel. Different by far, yet the feel of an Anne Rice book. The whole scene with the blood sharing , as disttrubing as it was, when I had reflected on it, reminded me of an Anne Rice novel when it comes to the partner affectionate sense. It was something that made me realise that in a sense Gomez would need to have written a scene like that to make the book an authentic vampire novel without recreated a Dracula scene. In another feel, it was still distubring. Still looking back at that scene I feel like i violated a personal experiance. It might be a fiction novel seeing as vampires aren't real (or so we think jk!) yet its still something that if someone walked into a scene like that you feel distrubed, and yet you feel like your stealing someones private moment. And as distubing as it is, its hard to deal with reading something and not feeling that emotional pull within the chapter. It was interesting though that it was placed there, If I recall it correctly it is at least like a normal lifetime of spereation, yet it was that simple second of knowing Bird was back which made that scene more special within Gilda's life.
In Anne Rice the scenes of romnace are similar, it feels like an invasion but with Rice it is like someone feels as if they were invited. Not just running into a crazed scene. With Gomez, she sets the scene up as you are walking into this, there is no warning no heads up. Like yes, you walk into ut but at the same time the beignning of that scene was like welcoming. But, when we did that critcal reading it wasnt into that beignning scene it was a jump right in.. However, with Rice, within those scenes, I felt invited into the roamce of the scene. Like I was invited and any part would be inviting. Yet its kind of unfair to compare the two authors because there "love" scenes are different. I guess.
Very interesting comparisons here, Nadia. I haven't read anything by Anne Rice in a really long time. Maybe I need to pick her work up again and see how it compares to Gilda. I can tell you that Gomez is a major vampire fiction fan, so I'm sure she has read some Anne Rice at one point or another. Is there a specific Rice novel that you are thinking of here? It's interesting that you describe the scene between Gilda and Bird as giving the sense of the reader intruding in upon a private moment. An important question to ask ourselves is: Does Gomez want us to feel this way? If so, then why? What point is she trying to make. Push past simply discussing what happens and think about WHY it happens and WHY it is significant.
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