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Date: 2025-05-29 10:51 am (UTC)Is it a loophole or awkward pacing or odd characterization because of the intended audience or because of the writer?
It's a combination of a lot of different things which, looking back, I can see are due to inexperience (Carmody began writing this series when she was a teenager in high school, although it wasn't published until her adulthood). There's a lot of infodumping, and she saddled herself with complicated worldbuilding and a very large cast of characters, which then became unwieldy as the story grew. There are also a lot of convenient plot devices which seem just to ensure that specific characters are in specific places at the right time to witness crucial pieces of information.
It was a very important series for me at the time, and I still love it dearly, and seeing the flaws more clearly doesn't take away from that. Stories are what they are for you at the times you need them.