1. What author that you remember having read does the best character development?
2. What book/series do you think is that author's shining work with regards to character development?
3. What was (were) your favorite character(s) in that book or series?
4. Do you ever find yourself really liking a character in a book that you're certain you would never be friends with in real life?
5. Do you ever re-read a book to visit a character because you miss him/her?
I have a hard time answering question #1 without it intermingling with question #2. To me, picking an author who does the best character development is based on the book or series in which their best character development appears. So my answer to question #1 is Kerry Greenwood and question #2 is her Corinna Chapman series. Each of the main characters in this series are vivid people and that is an aspect of the reason why I love the series.
My favourite characters in the series are Corinna Chapman, her lover Daniel Cohen, and her cats. Yes, even her cats are characters. Although I do not have any cats to compare (damn allergies), Kerry Greenwood is very good at capturing cat behaviour and attitude in her writing.
In this series, I like the character of Jason Wallace, Corinna's ex-junkie apprentice. I'm not sure of his age but he comes across as a late-teens, early-twenties young man. I find him fascinating. And we would never be friends in real life because I would probably lose my patience with him.
My answer to question #5 is an absolute YES! In fact, I am eagerly awaiting the next installment in the Corinna Chapman series (due out any day, if her website is anything to go by) and I will probably re-read the six books in the series before I get my copy of the newest one. I have also re-read L.M. Montgomery's "The Blue Castle" and Markus Zusak's "I Am The Messenger" because I missed the characters.
Read on,
Paula
I have a hard time answering question #1 without it intermingling with question #2. To me, picking an author who does the best character development is based on the book or series in which their best character development appears. So my answer to question #1 is Kerry Greenwood and question #2 is her Corinna Chapman series. Each of the main characters in this series are vivid people and that is an aspect of the reason why I love the series.
My favourite characters in the series are Corinna Chapman, her lover Daniel Cohen, and her cats. Yes, even her cats are characters. Although I do not have any cats to compare (damn allergies), Kerry Greenwood is very good at capturing cat behaviour and attitude in her writing.
In this series, I like the character of Jason Wallace, Corinna's ex-junkie apprentice. I'm not sure of his age but he comes across as a late-teens, early-twenties young man. I find him fascinating. And we would never be friends in real life because I would probably lose my patience with him.
My answer to question #5 is an absolute YES! In fact, I am eagerly awaiting the next installment in the Corinna Chapman series (due out any day, if her website is anything to go by) and I will probably re-read the six books in the series before I get my copy of the newest one. I have also re-read L.M. Montgomery's "The Blue Castle" and Markus Zusak's "I Am The Messenger" because I missed the characters.
Read on,
Paula
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