The Egyptologist sounds really fascinating. Talk about a hell of a reading exercise, what with the unreliable narrators.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Barb - Sep 04, 2008 4:33:45 pm PDT #7245 of 28475
“Not dead yet!”
Polter-Cow - Sep 04, 2008 4:42:13 pm PDT #7246 of 28475
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, it's great. Especially because the actual truth is all between the lines.
Barb - Sep 04, 2008 4:46:09 pm PDT #7247 of 28475
“Not dead yet!”
Is it one of those that you found yourself flipping back pages, to see if you were remembering things correctly and/or going, "Oh hell, it was there all along"? Done well, I love those kinds of books, but I find that so many readers are so "instant gratification" these days, that they have very little patience for allowing a story to unfold.
Polter-Cow - Sep 04, 2008 4:50:51 pm PDT #7248 of 28475
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Is it one of those that you found yourself flipping back pages, to see if you were remembering things correctly and/or going, "Oh hell, it was there all along"?
Well, it was more like flipping back pages and going, "Oh hell, he totally made that up."
Connie Neil - Sep 04, 2008 5:10:30 pm PDT #7249 of 28475
brillig
I have to confess, I hate unreliable narrators. I don't like liars, and I don't like having to second guess everything that's going on. Dazzle me with the convoluted plot and relationships, not with the convoluted perceptions that are telling the story.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2008 5:14:59 pm PDT #7250 of 28475
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I have to confess, I hate unreliable narrators. I don't like liars, and I don't like having to second guess everything that's going on.
Two words: Nelly. Dean.
Ye gods, as much as the rest of Wuthering Heights annoys the CRAP out of me (seriously, Cathy? Heathcliff? GET OVER YOURSELVES), I wanted to beat Nelly Dean to death with a shovel.
Connie Neil - Sep 04, 2008 5:16:04 pm PDT #7251 of 28475
brillig
umm, who's Nelly Dean?
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2008 5:17:00 pm PDT #7252 of 28475
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
who's Nelly Dean?
The housekeeper in Wuthering Heights who tells a great deal of Cathy's story to the narrator (whose name I suddenly can't remember).
Connie Neil - Sep 04, 2008 5:18:36 pm PDT #7253 of 28475
brillig
OK. I skimmed a lot of Wuthering Heights because I couldn't reach half of the cast and give them the smacks they needed.
But, yeah, I didn't trust her from word one.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 04, 2008 5:29:01 pm PDT #7254 of 28475
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Lockwood is the narrator. I always felt Withering heights would be a good story, but seeing it through Lockwood/Nelly Dean drove me fucking nuts. As did the stableman's accent.