tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946730821757640263.post2912236333383967258..comments2023-03-02T00:49:23.385-08:00Comments on Danna Staaf - Author: Two Novels and a Dash of HistoryDanna Staafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187299641549075487noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946730821757640263.post-23124472260821087362010-12-04T07:12:39.000-08:002010-12-04T07:12:39.000-08:00Hah! I hope Robey reads it soon so I can have some...Hah! I hope Robey reads it soon so I can have somebody to discuss it with. I have this exciting (for some value of "exciting") theory that the plot was heavily influenced by the Darwin/Wallace evolution controversy, but nobody I talk to really wants to hear about it. Sigh.<br>I also disliked most of the characters for the first few hundred pages, but by the end of the book I surprised myself by liking a lot more of them. Especially Childermass--he becomes awesome!<br>Dannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946730821757640263.post-49226820978868799822010-12-04T04:22:59.000-08:002010-12-04T04:22:59.000-08:00Oh yes! I have been slowly reading JS&MN over...Oh yes! I have been slowly reading JS&MN over the course of the last 3 years. I do enjoy her coy writing style. On the other hand, I quite despise most of the characters, and find the book to be generally dull. It's sort of like if watching the movie "Gosford Park" took a month instead of 2 hours. So I haven't continued, and I think it's just sitting in the bottom of my backpack, getting increasingly tattered and being really heavy.<br>But I just now recommended it to Robey, who likes (a) history and (b) things that are boring.<br>Rusnoreply@blogger.com