Nov 302010
Day 30 – Saddest character death
Oh, Kisten. We still miss you.
Rest in peace.
Kiara
Kiara possesses a dry wit, a sharp sarcasm, and a towering intellect. Her secret alter ego has a boring™ day job, but at night she writes and reviews speculative fiction. She carries the keys to dozens of hearts in her pockets and jumps puddles in a single bound. Her superhero power is losing her socks before they've even made it into the dryer. She also likes to tell stories, so parts of this bio may be exaggerated. Waiting for Fairies is not responsible for any credulity that may be lost in the reading of this bio.3 Responses to “Reading Meme – Day Thirty”
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I'm surprised you picked Kisten over Matalina…
Well. There are several reasons for that, I think.
1) Kisten was yummy, good for Rachel, and I really do miss his influence in the books.
2) Kisten's death was sudden. Matalina had been sick for a long time. Kim said flat out that she had been trying to get up the courage to kill her off for several books, so it's not like it was a surprise – and since she had barely been in several books it was almost like she was gone already.
3) I kind of feel like the mystery behind Kisten's death was a little bit of a rip off. I mean – the killer was someone I don't think we ever met in the main timeline of the story – only in the shorts. So it seems like his death as a whole was sort of… wrong. And a let down.
4) Matalina's death just happened in the last published book, so I don't think it's hit me fully yet.
5) Did I mention Kisten was yummy?
I'll buy the "Kistin was yummy" reasoning.