Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Great Goddess Diana (part II)

Yet another reason DWJ is such a bloody genius: her plots are giant chaotic messes and sheer insanity, and things just keep getting thrown into the disorder and making it crazier, but the whole time she knows exactly what she's doing, and by the ending, on the last few pages, everything makes sense.  She untangles all the plot threads, reveals the mysteries, and tidies up all the loose ends.   She's like one of those super intense jugglers from Cirque du Soleil, who effortlessly hurl twenty fragile plates in the air and catch every single one.

I love tidy endings.  They just make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and I can't stop smiling.  If the ending is a particularly good one, I tend to make noises like a happy guinea pig.  DWJ makes me do that a lot.

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