Mouse and Dragon Poll: May Contain Spoilers!

[rolanni]

This poll asks you to read something and then answer some questions. Please feel free to leave opinions and observations in comments.

Part One:
Aelliana Caylon has escaped her abusive family. She's found love in her starship co-pilot--a man who turns out to be the leader of Korval, the most powerful clan of the Liaden Universe®. But destiny never intended an easy life for Aelliana. Insidious  forces within the empire are determined that a new line of Korval heirs be destroyed and that Clan Korval itself be blasted to interplanetary dust. The fight for the future of the Liaden Universe® is on, and one heroine is determined to protect her family and her soulmate at all costs!


Part Two:
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Comments

Re: Possibility of missing a great story

[saruby.livejournal.com]

Exactly this. If I am not familiar with an author, the synopsis is often the only thing I have to go on to decide if I want to read a book. A synopsis written by someone who has either not read the book or only skimmed it, does a disservice to both the writer and the potential reader.

My problem with this synopsis is that it dismisses a major part of the story and approaches significant plot developments as a done deal.

Re: Possibility of missing a great story

[otterb.livejournal.com]

Me too on this. If inaccurate synopsis doesn't appeal, then I may miss something I would like.

If the synopsis is inaccurate and appeals, then I'll usually fall in the "who cares if it's a good story" camp. If the synopsis leaves out something major that I turn out to hate, annoyance gets directed at publisher for being misleading.

In some ways, I guess it's like cover art. As I understand it, the point is not to be a precise rendition of something from the book. The point is to carry the flavor of the book sufficiently well to attract the people who would like to read it.