I read Girl With a Pearl Earring today. Loved it. No idea about hstorical accuracy and don't care. Loved it. Completely transported me. It was a very quick read too.
Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.
Tara ,'Empty Places'
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msbelle - Mar 14, 2004 6:03:07 pm PST #1340 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Emlah - Mar 15, 2004 2:11:52 am PST #1341 of 10002
To every idea a shelf...
Not to completely commercialize the discussion, but one ending I hated was the ending of Stephen King's It. Great book, wonderful characterizations of the kids and their friendships, creepy-spooky clown in the sewer, blah, blah, and then...the "reveal" of the evil just sucked. After 1,100 pages or whatever it was, I expected something a little more sophisticated than a big fat spider. A definite against-the-wall moment for me.
That aspect of the ending doesn't bother me because I have major spider squick, so a big fat spider is pretty much the most horrible thing I can think of anyway. Except maybe a giant pulsating conjoined Mary Kate and Ashley beast. My problem with the ending is the part where all of the boys have sex with the female character when they're down in the sewers. I can't remember the exact reasoning of it, but I think it's supposed to make them closer so they can escape the tunnels or something. It felt like a major misstep and totally threw me out of the book.
juliana - Mar 15, 2004 4:46:06 am PST #1342 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It felt like a major misstep and totally threw me out of the book.
Completely agree. {whitefont}It felt like a touch of misogyny, actually. The girl's only reason for being there is to fuck the boys? Her "virgin sacrifice" is what saves them? Euw. And then she becomes the "abused woman". Double euw.
Fred Pete - Mar 15, 2004 4:52:44 am PST #1343 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
On board with Emlah and juliana, though IMO Beverly's father had more to do with future abuse than her experience with the boys.
Of course, taking the rationale to its logical conclusion, some of the boys would have had to have sex with each other. And that'd never happen in a King novel. It isn't like he showed any clue about homosexuality until at least Insomnia.
megan walker - Mar 15, 2004 6:19:25 am PST #1344 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I read Girl With a Pearl Earring today. Loved it. No idea about hstorical accuracy and don't care. Loved it. Completely transported me. It was a very quick read too.
Hate to say it (well, not really), but I told you so...
I kept meaning to see the movie but never got around to it, despite Colin Firth. Is it still playing in theaters here?
msbelle - Mar 15, 2004 6:42:49 am PST #1345 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
no idea. I now want to see it too, but think I'll have to wait and netflix it as my next few weekends are pretty full.
Wolfram - Mar 15, 2004 8:18:52 am PST #1346 of 10002
Visilurking
Fredpete, WRT It there was homosexuality in it. It was just the bad kind where only the evil pyscho kids do it after lighting their farts or something. Or am I mixing it up with another King book?
Strix - Mar 15, 2004 8:35:06 am PST #1347 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Nope, you're right. It was Patrick Hockstetter and whathisname -- Big Bully Kid -- and Patrick the sociopath gave him a a handjob, and offered a hummer, at which point BBK decided that was GAY.
Beverly saw it all from the bushes.
Why, yes, I did read It several times as a teenager. Why do you ask?
And I agree totally re: the sex. I thought it was ridiculous and demeaning even when I read it at 13. Puh-leeze.
Beverly - Mar 15, 2004 8:36:22 am PST #1348 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Did not. Have NO idea what you guys are on about.
Um, nothing germaine to add. As you were.
Strix - Mar 15, 2004 8:38:01 am PST #1349 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yeah, you did. And you were wearing hot pants and roller skates!