"""Till you mentioned it, I hadn't thought of the lack of Rowan POV - I wonder whether she comes over as so omnicompetent partly because we can't see inside her head?"""
That's a good point. It seems to me that as far as what you see on the outside goes, Rowan and Nick are pretty similar. Both seem proud, driven, embarrassed by excessive emotion, and they never get into a flap like the others do. They were also the only two who initially minded the move to Trennels. Perhaps that's why we get the 'inner' view of Nicola and the 'outer' view of Rowan, because they share the same insecurities, and it wouldn't do to go over the same ground twice?
I often think Rowan, along with Ann, pulled the short straw in the family being neither the youngest or eldest single boy or girl, or one of twins. Being at the older end of my family though, I'm naturally interested in the older ones and want to hear more about them, rebelling a bit against Forest's choice of main characters!!
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Date: 2006-05-29 09:04 pm (UTC)That's a good point. It seems to me that as far as what you see on the outside goes, Rowan and Nick are pretty similar. Both seem proud, driven, embarrassed by excessive emotion, and they never get into a flap like the others do. They were also the only two who initially minded the move to Trennels. Perhaps that's why we get the 'inner' view of Nicola and the 'outer' view of Rowan, because they share the same insecurities, and it wouldn't do to go over the same ground twice?
I often think Rowan, along with Ann, pulled the short straw in the family being neither the youngest or eldest single boy or girl, or one of twins.
Being at the older end of my family though, I'm naturally interested in the older ones and want to hear more about them, rebelling a bit against Forest's choice of main characters!!