Comments | mike_smith: Part Three VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, or "The Ghost and the Grimdarkness!"

mike_smith

Part Three VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, or "The Ghost and the Grimdarkness!"

Aug 10, 2013 23:14

Trigger Warning: I don't really have a good handle on when or where to use trigger warnings, but there's a rape scene in this part of the book, and I'm going to discuss it, so I figure it's only fair I make that clear up front. It's Part Three, Section XI, so the segments before that are fine. Well, relatively speaking ( Read more... )

8, casual vacancy

Comments 6

alejandradd August 14 2013, 23:24:12 UTC

You're still reading "The Casual Vacancy"? I don't think I even made it halfway through before I gave up on that book. I don't think anything happened ever. :P

mike_smith August 15 2013, 17:45:57 UTC

Well, I stopped and then started again, so I guess it's not exactly "still" reading it, but yeah.

Some stuff happens in the second half of the book, but it's still incredibly boring. I mean, hell, I just covered the rape scene, and I'm still struggling to justify reading the second half.

freedombono August 23 2013, 15:55:09 UTC

Thanks for continuing this. Be assured some of us are reading, even if we don't particularly have anything to reply. Though I'm still waiting for Dark Art to make an appearance...

mike_smith August 26 2013, 20:40:07 UTC

He's dead.

Well, okay, I guess I kept bringing him back to life, so I wouldn't believe me either. But he's not showing up.

freedombono August 28 2013, 07:02:46 UTC

That's a shame, I was looking forward to see him mauling all these idiots to death.

ext_2536336 May 18 2014, 06:57:23 UTC

I did enjoy this, because you obviously took a lot of time in thinking about the book. But I will point out that Andrew did stand up for Ruth getting beaten when Simon was angry about the council post, and this did the exact opposite of helping both of them. In fact, it was what started Simon on his beating of Andrew ( ... )