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icarusancalion ([personal profile] icarus) wrote2005-05-19 06:57 am
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Qualified Stargate Rec

Minnesota Sunset, Jack/Daniel, NC-17, by Tazzie

This is well-written with an excellent Daniel-voice, hot sex, emotionally intense and unpredictable, despite the usual "Jack and Daniel at Jack's cabin" plot.

The first of this four-part series is the best. Beware that Tazzie... well, I suspect this writer is very young, as these two men in their late 30s and 50s have the rocketing emotional instability of young teenagers (particularly Daniel), someone needs to ration her use of the word "love," and her description of someone drunk is not believable.

But her writing makes up for all of this.

You can really hear Daniel's voice, and she manages to avoid the cliches, while writing cliches. It's in her attention to detail and how she focuses on the ordinary human actions -- brushing your teeth, the feel of water down your back, the way she backs into the story slowly, as Daniel would -- that makes this compelling.

[identity profile] teaphile.livejournal.com 2005-05-19 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm. Qualified is right. I enjoyed the first part, but couldn't get past the hissy-fit Daniel throws in the second part.

I agree with what you said about her writing, though.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-05-19 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. The hissy-fit is where Daniel's as mature as a teenager: I remember that kind of reaction from high school.

I think I'll let Tazzie marinate in experience a little longer, and wait for her talent to have a little more to work with. :)

Icarus