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For those who're on BBF: we currently voting on including Firefly recs. Make sure to throw your 2 cents into the ticky box... or something.
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My copy of "Buried Deep" arrived. So far not bad; not great either but the plot is interesting, particularly the forensic detail which is generously thrown in. I've seen better characterization in fic, but I've also seen worse. * Just, note for the writer: Seeley Booth? Does not have steel-blue eyes. Yes, it does too matter. Fans care about minor details like that. And how hard is it to take a look at the guy's eyes and double-check. Steel-blue eyes... in a way, that's worse than chocolate-colored orbs.

*[eta... after the first third the book gets much better; the chemistry is there and the narration flows quite nicely.]
[eta2... finshed. I give it three stars out of five.]
(Btw, I stand corrected: Reichs didn't co-author this book, even though amazon lists her as co-author.)

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Yeah, that griped me too about the book, saying his eyes were blue. Meh. There was something else I was thinking, "Hmm, that isn't right." But now I don't remember. It was an ok book though. Good review

There was something else I was thinking, "Hmm, that isn't right."

Possibly it was Zach, the bespectacled lab assistant? ;o)

I agree with you, on all points. Booth's eyes, him referring to Hodgins as "Jack" (which I have yet to hear on the show), calling Angela "Angie", giving Zack glasses (and spelling his name wrong, according to the FOX website). It makes me wonder if the guy was given information that was later changed, or if he just cares about the story and not the characters in it.

The plot was decent though.:)

I briefly wondered whether the writer hadn't seen the eps, just read a few scripts. That would explain getting the appearances wrong. But the pilot has been out for ages, so that can't be it. I guess he really doesn't think these things are important.

That's of course the big problem with those official tie-ins. Unless the writer is a fan of the show, yeah, I think many of them care more about the plot than the characters. (Hey, I've committed tie-in myself once, many many years ago, of a show I found boring. And boy, it was bad.)

While with a lot of fic, it's the other way round, strong characterization but often at the price of a weaker plot or sloppy grammar. It was a nice change to read a story where the author had a firm grip on POV and grammar. Still, the style was rather bland. Did you notice that every single character, upon first appearance, got a proper description... size, hair color, clothes, check, on with the story. Like following a template.

Anyway, I always try to cut tie-in writers a little slack, because it can't be easy to churn out something creative writing within the confines of deadlines and writer's guidelines. And like you said, the plot was decent. Didn't offer any big surprises, but I don't think it was supposed to (the first scene gave it pretty much all away).

/ramble ;)

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