Johnny Gilbert, the voice behind JEOPARDY!, shared why he continued with the show after the longstanding host, Alex Trebek, died. Johnny Gilbert, Iconic Voice Behind ‘This is JEOPARDY!,’ Discusses Continuing the Show After Alex Trebek’s Death But due to my lack of connection to the world outside Ariane’s inner monologue, I had to cut this.Screenshot from JEOPARDY! YouTube channel And going by all of the super 5-star ratings for the novel, if you like vampire fiction and first-person narrative style, this is absolutely the book for you.
I think if I had continued the story, I DNF at 23% I would see Ariane fight, learn, and earn her place among the creatures of vampire society. There are no sparkly vampires in Ariane’s world. They are hunters, pure and simple, and should behave that way. These are creatures that suck blood, heal, and are unbelievably strong. I also enjoyed how Gilbert wrote the vampires to be more animalistic and less human. And, you slowly see her blossom and come into her own. The political intrigue that Ariane faces is interesting. I want to be clear that there is a lot of good going on in the story. This might be entirely me as a reader, so your results may vary. But I still lack a connection to the outside world.
Obviously, as we go on a bit, we realize that it is a cell. It could be anything from a castle to a battleship. It wasn’t enough to see the world through Ariane’s eyes because if I have no anchor point to build her situation on and around, Ariane can not fully flesh out to me. Still, as a reader, I need more visual descriptions of the situation around Ariane, so I can anchor her to a point. What has happened? I am lost.”ĭescription-wise, the author nails Ariane’s confusion about her situation. This is not my bedroom, nor is it any hospital I would be sent to. I struggle to remain calm, but I can already feel the onset of panic. I hope there is no one around to witness my shame! The thought is born and dies in an instant. I take a deep breath in, which promptly turns into a coughing fit as I spit… something on the ground.Īgh! Disgusting. However, one of the initial problems I ran into was that the author’s style of dialog left me disconnected from the world Ariane found herself in.įor example, the first few lines of the book are: It helps explain some of Ariane’s thoughts, reactions, and rationales.
There are certain sensibilities and characterizations that one associates with this era that the author hints at. Ariane is a southern belle type of woman in the south in the 1800s. As a reader, you become intimately involved in every feeling, desire, and passing thought that the main character Ariane has. As much as I hoped, A Journey of Black and Red by Alex Gilbert did not get its hooks in me.įirstly, I want to commend the author on the effort they put into the stream-of-conscious type first-person narration of the main character.
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