On my first read of this as an ever-so-slightly fantasy-obsessed teenager I was shattered when Nicola (who I'd previously identified strongly with) was the one to break the Gondal. I think I've now moved past that, although I do wonder what the Gondal would've been like without Ginty. Possibly I'm reading back in from Attic Term (and other later books), but I don't think it would have worked with any of the others gone - and yet it is Ginty that brings up the idea in the first place, and initially wants so desperately to identify with Emily Bronte that she encourages it.
Possibly this is me also trying to argue with the blurb. Was this doomed from the start because a) the flaws inherent to make-believe or because b) the flaws of those involved in it? (or c) the devil on the roof-tree)
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Date: 2014-10-18 08:20 am (UTC)Possibly this is me also trying to argue with the blurb. Was this doomed from the start because a) the flaws inherent to make-believe or because b) the flaws of those involved in it? (or c) the devil on the roof-tree)