http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/09/04/karens-pity-party/ the best friends you'll never have Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/09/04/karens-pity-party/#comment-59 wanderingfrog Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:18:36 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/09/04/karens-pity-party/#comment-59 It's been a while since I've read a lot of LS books, so I'd have to think about that. One of the reasons Karen can seem so annoying is that she's a high-spirited seven-year-old for about twelve years, and while in real life, she'd grow the hell up at some point, in the books, she has an awful long time to do every kind of seven-year-old hijinks imaginable. I'm sure that if I was seven for eleven or twelve years, I'd have time to do a lot of obnoxious things, too. It’s been a while since I’ve read a lot of LS books, so I’d have to think about that. One of the reasons Karen can seem so annoying is that she’s a high-spirited seven-year-old for about twelve years, and while in real life, she’d grow the hell up at some point, in the books, she has an awful long time to do every kind of seven-year-old hijinks imaginable. I’m sure that if I was seven for eleven or twelve years, I’d have time to do a lot of obnoxious things, too.

]]> http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/09/04/karens-pity-party/#comment-58 DSharpe113 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:47:27 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/09/04/karens-pity-party/#comment-58 ahhh i always liked Karen, but then again I started reading the LS books before the BSC books, but... I dont know. I guess they're just so different perspectives. ahhh i always liked Karen, but then again I started reading the LS books before the BSC books, but… I dont know. I guess they’re just so different perspectives.

]]> http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/09/04/karens-pity-party/#comment-57 matamgirl Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:09:27 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/09/04/karens-pity-party/#comment-57 I haven't read many LS books but I do like the fact that Kristy is portrayed as being a little impatient with Karen. The idea that Kristy is the perfect big sister and never impatient grates a bit. On the other hand Karen is loud, inquisitive and has an overactive imagination so she comes across as bratty a lot of the time. I haven’t read many LS books but I do like the fact that Kristy is portrayed as being a little impatient with Karen. The idea that Kristy is the perfect big sister and never impatient grates a bit. On the other hand Karen is loud, inquisitive and has an overactive imagination so she comes across as bratty a lot of the time.

]]> http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/09/04/karens-pity-party/#comment-55 cpennylane Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:50:29 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/09/04/karens-pity-party/#comment-55 Well, in the main series, Karen is a sitting charge. In the LS books, all the other characters are there to serve her wacky schemes and such. It's almost as if the other characters are there solely to make Karen sympathetic. Also, she seems to be self-centered. In "Karen's Little Sister" I felt so bad for her -- until I remembered that everything is told from her perspective. She's narcissistic and controlling. She's not going to tell the reader everything - only the parts taht make her look good. ;-) Well, in the main series, Karen is a sitting charge. In the LS books, all the other characters are there to serve her wacky schemes and such. It’s almost as if the other characters are there solely to make Karen sympathetic. Also, she seems to be self-centered. In “Karen’s Little Sister” I felt so bad for her — until I remembered that everything is told from her perspective. She’s narcissistic and controlling. She’s not going to tell the reader everything - only the parts taht make her look good.

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