I'm not quite sure what to do here

[lliira]

Laurell K. Hamilton has been going through what seems a pretty serious illness for the last three months, and her doctors haven't been able to figure out what is wrong.  So picking apart Danse Macabre feels a little... I dunno, lacking in chivalry? (I'd use the same word if she were a man.) At the same time, she did write this book and she does have these attitudes. I don't like the idea that we can't criticize someone who's going through rough stuff or is disabled; I feel that is condescending. That I'm in lots of pain all the time doesn't mean people can't criticize what I write.

So... okay, I think I've talked myself into continuing with Danse Macabre. But I'd welcome any thoughts on the subject.

ETA: She's doing an AMA on Reddit now on which she's being a self-absorbed liar. Guilt gone.

Comments

[lliira]

I don't think I can stop using the author as the subject of sentences. That's been how I've been taught to write about books since middle school. And when there are misogynistic, etc. attitudes consistently throughout the text, that does show what the author's attitudes are. With LKH, we have another reference in her blogs to show that yes, she really does think this way. But I will try harder to not make it too personal.