A review by joyu
Neptune Noir: Unauthorized Investigations into Veronica Mars, by Rob Thomas
5.0
You know how when you have to read an academic paper on something you REALLY don't care about, it just drags?
But when you get to read a paper on something you really, REALLY enjoy, you feel so much smarter after reading it and it gives you an entire new perspective on what you love? Drawing parallels, noticing themes, etc. Well that's how this collection goes.
It's "Unauthorized" so far as the CW, who owns the rights to VMARS, did not authorize, but Rob Thomas does the foreword and has commentaries on every essay. And sure there were some I didn't agree with - the surrogate "marriage" between Veronica & Keith - as well as one pompous essayist describing a scene as "climatic." I'm PRETTY sure he wasn't talking about the weather and instead meant "climactic," but I'm willing to let it go, since apparently no one else caught it. Good book. Highly recommend to big VMars fans.
But when you get to read a paper on something you really, REALLY enjoy, you feel so much smarter after reading it and it gives you an entire new perspective on what you love? Drawing parallels, noticing themes, etc. Well that's how this collection goes.
It's "Unauthorized" so far as the CW, who owns the rights to VMARS, did not authorize, but Rob Thomas does the foreword and has commentaries on every essay. And sure there were some I didn't agree with - the surrogate "marriage" between Veronica & Keith - as well as one pompous essayist describing a scene as "climatic." I'm PRETTY sure he wasn't talking about the weather and instead meant "climactic," but I'm willing to let it go, since apparently no one else caught it. Good book. Highly recommend to big VMars fans.