Eve Dallas musings

[desertvixen]

 So I've been listening to my collection of Eve Dallas on CD.  I picked up Born in Death, unabridged on CD for under ten bucks, so that's the one up now.  And I've been thinking.

 Eve is a relative of Mary Sue.  I don't think anyone disputes this.  I mean, I love the books, and the characters are fab, but... Mary Sue alarms.  The books, however, are well-done enough that I don't mind, and because Eve is getting rid of some of her issues in a logical pattern.

 However, I don't think she's NR's actual character insertion.

 I think that's supposed to be Dr. Mira.  The closest thing Eve has to a mother figure.  She gets to get inside everyone's head, and she usually provides Eve with needed shoves.

 Any thoughts?

 DV

Comments

[betray802.livejournal.com]

I'm actually curious as to the identity of the nefarious candy thief. At first I thought Peabody, but they're almost always together, or Peabody's running something else down. Plus there's the fingerprints issue. I've gathered that Seal-It is rather unpleasant, I'm not sure a candy bar is worth the bother.

Oh wait, Baxter. I bet it's Baxter. Or Trueheart, with Baxter adopting an "I see nothing I know nothing" attitude. Nobody'd ever suspect Trueheart.

And droids just make me think too much of Cylons, for some reason.

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[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

Re: the candy thief - I'd love to know as well.

I think it's got to be one of the detectives. It still could BE Peabody, but I doubt it.

Baxter's a possibility. I think the candy thief has been around longer than Trueheart has.

The droids-as-service-people, I get. The droid cats freaked me out, though.

DV