/lit/ - Literature

Why was Plum such a useless character? She literally contributed almost nothing to the plot. The only thing I can think of is her getting Quentin kicked out of Brakebrills. She has little to no personality besides"quirky genius in a school full of quirky geniuses and also she's a Chatwin". She has no purpose in the last part of of the book and her "league" friends are severely underdeveloped and poorly explained. We are given no reason to care about her internal conflict, which also contributed nothing to the plot. And to rub salt in the wound, we are given constant reminder that she is smarter than Quentin, a character who we've been following for three books. I feel like editorially fuckery changed the plot around halfway and they were supposed to stick with the group dynamic but shoved Plum into the spotlight for some reason.

What a ride. I didn't expect this series to go to the places it went but i ended up really liking it. There's this atmosphere of ambiguity that I don't often find in other books, as if there are things lurking underneath the lives of the main characters that we never get to see. It manages to make magic truly feel like magic, mysterious, untamable and uncontrollable.

I'm a little disappointed that so much time was given to Plum in the last book, she didn't really have a narrative purpose. Also, certain parts feel rushed like the whole thief-group should have had more time to interact. Overall it was great, but I have this feeling of editor interference in many parts.