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Originally Posted by Catlady
What was the point? I was not entertained, I was not educated, I was not made to think. I was bored.
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I can understand how you felt these things. To me, it was pleasant, slow-paced, light-humor escapism into a different time period. I like imagining what life would have been like to have been alive then. Simpler or not simpler? Maybe simpler from the perspective of today’s chaos or from the perspective of the city-people adventuring to Mariposa. Not simpler from the perspective of the town-people who find plenty of activities and gossip and community issues to keep them busy. I liked the way the opening chapter set the stage for this perspective and how the different Mariposa residents threaded through the stories and that the book started and ended with Mr. Smith.