1. Let's get this out of the way at the top so that I don't ask all the questions about it. Dean Priest: worst or worst ever? How much did you want to punch him in the face for lying to Emily about her book being terrible and how much did you want to punch him again when he took advantage of her injury to get her to marry him?
UGH TERRIBLE.
2. We talked a lot about whether or not the number of suitors Anne had was ridiculous, but I think Emily had way more proposals. How ridiculous did you find them?
Haha, it really is pretty out of control. I think I'd forgotten how much it just continues and continues! Even a the very end, she still seems to be getting lots of men!
3. Over the course of the book, Ilse, Perry, Emily, and Teddy's friendships grow and stretch and change as time and distance separates them. Did you find it a reasonably realistic portrayal of what can happen to friendships when people scatter to the winds?
Yeah, it really was. I like that it acknowledged that friendships DO change when you grow up and separate . . . but that you do still love each other, too.
4. Ilse and Emily: how badly did you think that Ilse violated the girl code by agreeing to marry Teddy in the first place? Or did you think she genuinely didn't know/understand how Teddy and Emily felt about each other?
You know, re-reading it, I think she really didn't know. Emily hid it too well. Emily didn't know how Ilse felt about Perry either. They just didn't talk about such things, apparently? But it's sad.
5. Which of Emily's books would you rather have read, The Moral of the Rose or A Seller of Dreams?
A Seller of Dreams!
6. Emily calling to Teddy on the Flavian: creepy, romantic, or creepily romantic?
Creepily romantic, for sure. I like that--even though it all got messed up, sigh--that they both KNEW what it meant.
7. How badly did you want to shake both Emily and Teddy over the course of the book? They both knew and yet they never managed to overcome their selves to get it together? Does it make you sad to think about how much time they wasted?
UGH, yes. Though on this re-read, it drove me crazy how UNDERSTANDABLE it really was. I can so understand where they were coming from. But UGHHHHH.
8. Were you reasonably satisfied with how the romantic entanglements sorted themselves out? Do you think that after all that Ilse and Perry and then Teddy and Emily can be happy together?
I was! And I think they will be. I'm a little unsure of Perry/Ilse simply because we saw less of their actual relationship. But I do think they're well suited for each other.
9. Finally, how much do you love this line: "Don't tell me you can't love me--you can--you must--why, Emily"--his eyes had met the moonlit brilliance of hers for a moment--"you do."
It really is wonderful. And it's so nice, that after all the misunderstandings, they finally just KNEW.
Though on this re-read, it drove me crazy how UNDERSTANDABLE it really was. I can so understand where they were coming from.
Yeah, I actually do understand each of the events that separates them -- in isolation. But all of them together, combined, it's just too much. Dumbasses.
UGH TERRIBLE.
2. We talked a lot about whether or not the number of suitors Anne had was ridiculous, but I think Emily had way more proposals. How ridiculous did you find them?
Haha, it really is pretty out of control. I think I'd forgotten how much it just continues and continues! Even a the very end, she still seems to be getting lots of men!
3. Over the course of the book, Ilse, Perry, Emily, and Teddy's friendships grow and stretch and change as time and distance separates them. Did you find it a reasonably realistic portrayal of what can happen to friendships when people scatter to the winds?
Yeah, it really was. I like that it acknowledged that friendships DO change when you grow up and separate . . . but that you do still love each other, too.
4. Ilse and Emily: how badly did you think that Ilse violated the girl code by agreeing to marry Teddy in the first place? Or did you think she genuinely didn't know/understand how Teddy and Emily felt about each other?
You know, re-reading it, I think she really didn't know. Emily hid it too well. Emily didn't know how Ilse felt about Perry either. They just didn't talk about such things, apparently? But it's sad.
5. Which of Emily's books would you rather have read, The Moral of the Rose or A Seller of Dreams?
A Seller of Dreams!
6. Emily calling to Teddy on the Flavian: creepy, romantic, or creepily romantic?
Creepily romantic, for sure. I like that--even though it all got messed up, sigh--that they both KNEW what it meant.
7. How badly did you want to shake both Emily and Teddy over the course of the book? They both knew and yet they never managed to overcome their selves to get it together? Does it make you sad to think about how much time they wasted?
UGH, yes. Though on this re-read, it drove me crazy how UNDERSTANDABLE it really was. I can so understand where they were coming from. But UGHHHHH.
8. Were you reasonably satisfied with how the romantic entanglements sorted themselves out? Do you think that after all that Ilse and Perry and then Teddy and Emily can be happy together?
I was! And I think they will be. I'm a little unsure of Perry/Ilse simply because we saw less of their actual relationship. But I do think they're well suited for each other.
9. Finally, how much do you love this line:
"Don't tell me you can't love me--you can--you must--why, Emily"--his eyes had met the moonlit brilliance of hers for a moment--"you do."
It really is wonderful. And it's so nice, that after all the misunderstandings, they finally just KNEW.
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Yeah, I actually do understand each of the events that separates them -- in isolation. But all of them together, combined, it's just too much. Dumbasses.
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