I realised that I would have to go and see the film (the men, the sea, the men) so I started reading the books, as one of my sweet joys in life is pointing out inconsistencies in films of books to unwilling listeners. That didn’t really happen, but at least it wasn’t a waste of my time. I read straight through the entire series with no breaks for other books and then moved onto The Golden Ocean (great) and The Unknown Shore (not so good). I loved the film, although I am sad that the timeline means no Babbington, who is an inexplicable book crush. He’s a whoremonger! He’s stunted! From the STDs! And yet I luff him.
Right. I like Diana. Always have done. I have little or no time for Sophie though. I think that it is the whole trapped-in-culture thingy, plus I liked her interaction with Babbington when he picks her up for the ball. Yeah, she’s pretty nasty to Stephen, but I don’t think it’s necessarily randomly destructive. He doesn’t represent a way out for her; in many ways she’s still seeking to become a part of normal society. She has absorbed what a wife should be, and knows that she can’t do it, even though she might want to be with Stephen. Her execution in the matter of acting on this leaves a lot to be desired. Uh, too early to do proper lit crit. Must resort to “she’s pretty. And she likes sex.” And now I must fight the urge to reread all twenty books to formulate a proper argument with references with the sword of smut. Heh, sword of smut.
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I realised that I would have to go and see the film (the men, the sea, the men) so I started reading the books, as one of my sweet joys in life is pointing out inconsistencies in films of books to unwilling listeners. That didn’t really happen, but at least it wasn’t a waste of my time. I read straight through the entire series with no breaks for other books and then moved onto The Golden Ocean (great) and The Unknown Shore (not so good). I loved the film, although I am sad that the timeline means no Babbington, who is an inexplicable book crush. He’s a whoremonger! He’s stunted! From the STDs! And yet I luff him.
Right. I like Diana. Always have done. I have little or no time for Sophie though. I think that it is the whole trapped-in-culture thingy, plus I liked her interaction with Babbington when he picks her up for the ball. Yeah, she’s pretty nasty to Stephen, but I don’t think it’s necessarily randomly destructive. He doesn’t represent a way out for her; in many ways she’s still seeking to become a part of normal society. She has absorbed what a wife should be, and knows that she can’t do it, even though she might want to be with Stephen. Her execution in the matter of acting on this leaves a lot to be desired. Uh, too early to do proper lit crit. Must resort to “she’s pretty. And she likes sex.” And now I must fight the urge to reread all twenty books to formulate a proper argument with references with the sword of smut. Heh, sword of smut.