Talk:Lauren Mallory/@comment-121.54.54.56-20120103171525/@comment-121.54.54.62-20120130170851

I guess I'm just used to books that expand a little more on the background characters and don't just divide them into "Protagonist's Friends" and "Protagonist's Enemies." The novel "A Great and Terrible Beauty" is a good example of this. It doesn't give a long, drawn-out background on each and every filler character, but it does mention something deeper about them, even in passing. One character may have been neglected by her family and thus has low self-esteem which explains their social awkwardness, while another may have been abused as a child and so needs to be in control, explaining their ruthlessness, etc. I didn't need a whole chapter devoted to each minor character, but something more than, "Oh, she was a bitch. Don't ask why. She just was. She got what she deserved. And then some." ~P.a.C.