![]() ![]() It has the best characters and provided the only actual tearing up moment for me - the deaths of Chae Strachan and Long Rob of the Mill, plus OH GOD EUAN SR BREAK MY HEART YOU GIT. Sunset song is by far the best of the three novels. The texture of the book, its root in the land, as it were, is sometimes a little hard to swallow, but for the most part it's a good anchor to keep the story feeling cohesive, given the dramatic changes that take place between Sunset Song and Cloud Howe, and Cloud Howe and Grey Granite. That's part of what I find beautiful about it. ![]() I'm Scottish, and in some ways it feels completely alien to me. Chris Guthrie is realistic - she is warm and kind and eminently sensible and rational, and sometimes cool, and sometimes stupid, and sometimes weak, but she is ALWAYS real. It's late, my words are not of the good kind. Too often I feel women are written in broad brush strokes, far more so than men - they're either decidedly within the traditional feminine stereotype, or an over-the-top caricature of what is seen as being opposite from feminine. ![]() Essentially, I think this is the best female character I have ever seen written in a book, and it was written by a man. Review to follow.ĮDIT: now I can't remember any of the great stuff I had to say about this book, goddamnit. ![]() Already read Sunset Song, probably going to give it a quick reread then tackle the rest.Įxcellent. ![]()
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