Actually, Slouching Towards Bethlehem is the first book of Didion's I've read. In the past, I'd only read essays of hers here and there. I think I've had practically everything of hers recommended to me at some point or another, so I finally decided to just dive in with a book. I'm almost done with Slouching..., and I'm going to try to read The White Album, Play It As It Lays, and The Year of Magical Thinking by the end of the year. And maybe Political Fictions if I have time.
And, OK, I'll bite -- what parts of the SFU finale did you find unconvincing? I really enjoyed it... I think my one complaint was that a whole lot of plot points were thrown at the audience really fast, and I really needed to watch it again just to get everything straight and to begin digesting it all. It started off somewhat slowly, and then bam, bam, bam... everybody's life changed within the scenes before the closing sequence.
I had to force myself to return it to Netflix so that I wouldn't keep watching the closing montage and getting all weepy. I know it's accessible on YouTube, but I'm going to try and pretend I don't know that!
Well, mainly I felt that they tried to wrap everything up a little too neatly. Also, I didn't really believe David's sudden decision to keep the funeral home after all - that struck me as rather unmotivated. Especially since, with Nate dead and Rico gone, he was apparently the only person left to run it (at first, I thought maybe Keith would become his partner, but from the closing sequence we learned he started his own security firm instead).
And, OK, I'll bite -- what parts of the SFU finale did you find unconvincing? I really enjoyed it... I think my one complaint was that a whole lot of plot points were thrown at the audience really fast, and I really needed to watch it again just to get everything straight and to begin digesting it all. It started off somewhat slowly, and then bam, bam, bam... everybody's life changed within the scenes before the closing sequence.
I had to force myself to return it to Netflix so that I wouldn't keep watching the closing montage and getting all weepy. I know it's accessible on YouTube, but I'm going to try and pretend I don't know that!
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I did enjoy the episode, though.
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