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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
The other general comment I wanted to make now was how vivid I thought all the medieval passages were, and I loved the way the book started by throwing us straight into Dick’s experience without any prior explanation.
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I liked that too and that while du Maurier eventually gave the background (but not before I'd looked it up for myself, ah, the internet!), she was willing to trust the reader to hold the thought. However, after a bit I was looking for more structure; it seemed to be to be about 30% into the book before things started moving and that was too long for me.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
pieces here and there reminded me of other works; I kept thinking of Green Darkness (the parallels of past and present), Brigadoon (dissatisfaction with current life vs. a romanticized past), and even The Haunting of Hill House (the obsessed person's pretense of leaving). I know, I'm a bit weird.
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I'll be weird with you, then. I especially like the
Brigadoon comparison. On one level, I love
Brigadoon; certainly my adolescent self did. But my adult self obsesses about things such as inbreeding and the changes wrought by millennia, which will happen very quickly. The "miracle" (and would a Scottish presbyter be likely to use that word which smacks a lot of bells and smells?) seemed very hard on poor Harry Beaton and others of his ilk, trapped forever, and if there was a way in for Tommy, why not a way out for the miserable? Doesn't do to think about it, really, or the show is ruined.