I like them too. Does anybody else find Rose very reminiscent of Esther? I actually wonder if Forest makes her afraid of dogs deliberately to differentiate her. And Fob I see as younger Pomona Todd (well, Pomona in Cricket Term anyway).
Peter's relationship with the young Dodds is very nicely done - as with Thuggery, I find Peter extremely sympathetic in these books. I like the bit about him being a "male nanny" and he isn't bothered. Although Peter and Nicola are both impressively kind to the young Dodds, though, I'd say Nicola is only really a natural with Chas, and that probably they both struggle a bit to relate closely to Rose, who does seem very withdrawn and isolated throughout the book.
Rose almost being trampled - there's actually a lot peril, isn't there, given that this is a family/relationships oriented book.
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The Young Dodds
Date: 2014-11-28 11:06 am (UTC)Peter's relationship with the young Dodds is very nicely done - as with Thuggery, I find Peter extremely sympathetic in these books. I like the bit about him being a "male nanny" and he isn't bothered. Although Peter and Nicola are both impressively kind to the young Dodds, though, I'd say Nicola is only really a natural with Chas, and that probably they both struggle a bit to relate closely to Rose, who does seem very withdrawn and isolated throughout the book.
Rose almost being trampled - there's actually a lot peril, isn't there, given that this is a family/relationships oriented book.