This is a woman...who criticized J. R. R. Tolkien. I repeat, this is a woman...who criticized J. R. R. Tolkien, and I'll quote here ''was a professor of English language and literature and wrote a book that became the MOST read book after the BIBLE''. How can I make that more clear of her delusion that she is in anyway a fanfic type writer?
Honestly, listen to some of her words she's using to describe expressions - ''David's face is dirty with guilt''. Dirty? How does that even make sense in context? Has she even done a basic creative writing class? Hell, did she ever even post fanfic to see how others reacted? I don't think so. She's read all the Harry Potter books and is apparently ''well read''.
A couple more:
''David scrunches his lips''. Excuse me? Scrunches his lips? How does anyone scrunch their lips? Here's an easy list for you Mel -
Describing Lips and Movements
''I feel my face desaturate''. I have never heard this in my life. Usually writers, even the greatest writers in the world keep descriptions simple and understandable to readers, how normal people describe one another, maybe a fancy word here and there but this is strange. Pale is perfectly acceptable, gaunt, drained. If the man is caucasian of course, which 'desaturated' does not explain.
This is lazy, which is what makes it bad writing. Laziness. When someone puts in the effort at least, even if it doesn't come across well, I appreciate the effort and dedication but Melanie is doing this because by nature - Melanie is a lazy person. She knows the editor, proofreading etc whatever will do all the work for her.
I still remember her criticizing Tolkien, and it infuriated me. How she, a Youtuber, who suddenly got a book because she was a Youtuber criticize the greatest fantasy writer of all time, the one all modern fantasy stories take so much inspiration from. A man who created USUABLE LANGUAGES for his creation. Honestly, even if you're not a LOTR fan, you cannot but admire this man for what he achieved. And yet, he had a full time job as a professor, husband, and father to THREE children Melanie, in a time when they didn't even have a phone in their house. Pathetic excuse of a woman.
You know what, she does remind me of Carrie Bradshaw. Never seems to work, always seems to be writing but nothing to show, always on about men, sex and herself to a point where even her best friends can't take it. Sounds close enough, exempting baby. Thomas is now her charity shop hand down Mr. Big, without a job, only the suit.
The reviewer handled it beautifully, but I don't buy Mel's "Oh I didn't know I wasn't supposed to reply, I thought this was just like Youtube!" response. It's common sense and courtesy not to engage with reviews -negative or positive- unless they are attacking you personally, I suppose. Youtube comments are not exactly the London Review of Books lol
Sounds like there's definitive tea!
