Two SH book reviews: “Ms Holmes of Baker Street” and “The Tale Not Told”.
In this post I’m going to voice some of my feelings regarding the books “Ms Holmes of Baker Street” by C. Alan Bradley, William A.S. Sarjeant and “The Tale Not Told” by Constance Wilder-Wokoun (I'm not really writing book reviews as such as I've forgotten what format you're supposed to use when writing them, it's been a long time since I did it at ( Read more... )
Same here, very interesting.
You could be right, though, I'm not sure I can picture Fraser doing so. I wonder if the likes of VS would work the same way. Would Fraser still become so deeply involved in Victoria or does he just do so because he believes she is his last chance at happiness with a woman and is perhaps confused by deepening feelings for Ray. Whereas if Ray were a woman would he not remain hopeful of one day becoming involved with her.
One interpretation could be that Fraser hasn't ever had a normal relationship with a woman so he honestly wouldn't be sure how to cope with one with Ray (if he was a woman) and Victoria would still be a huge part of his past. He could have all kinds of guilt over wanting another woman when for ten years he believed there was only one woman for him> and the deep emotions with Victoria would still have been there - the near death experience they shared is a powerful thing. Fraser might well feel he wouldn't be able to give all of himself emotionally to Ray until those feelings for Victoria were, in some way, resolved.
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