I liked many things about it. I'd read the original fan-fic ages ago, and had forgotten much about it, though I did remember more about Patrick and Broomhill in it.
I do agree with other characters coming out as too Nicola, particularly Lawrie in the scene on the roof at the end, and her feelings before the play. That just didn't ring true to me. I can't see her being nervous in quite that way, or perhaps not introspective about it like that. She just never seems self-aware enough for some of the things in this book.
The Edward Oeschli thing coming out to everyone also didn't seem likely; in fact, I thought there were hints in Run Away Home about some generic future time when it was hinted that it hadn't actually come out, although I could very well be wrong about that.
I thought the ending was very harsh on Ginty, and wasn't altogether convinced by it, though I don't know whether that is a criticim of the book or just that I felt a bit sorry for her. Perhaps it's that I didn't know enough about her friends to know quite how they'd react, particularly Monica.
Plenty of re-used phrases and plot devices from previous novels, but that didn't stop me enjoying it, and there were lots of things I liked, including Nicola's visits to the cathedral.
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Date: 2011-11-09 08:58 pm (UTC)I do agree with other characters coming out as too Nicola, particularly Lawrie in the scene on the roof at the end, and her feelings before the play. That just didn't ring true to me. I can't see her being nervous in quite that way, or perhaps not introspective about it like that. She just never seems self-aware enough for some of the things in this book.
The Edward Oeschli thing coming out to everyone also didn't seem likely; in fact, I thought there were hints in Run Away Home about some generic future time when it was hinted that it hadn't actually come out, although I could very well be wrong about that.
I thought the ending was very harsh on Ginty, and wasn't altogether convinced by it, though I don't know whether that is a criticim of the book or just that I felt a bit sorry for her. Perhaps it's that I didn't know enough about her friends to know quite how they'd react, particularly Monica.
Plenty of re-used phrases and plot devices from previous novels, but that didn't stop me enjoying it, and there were lots of things I liked, including Nicola's visits to the cathedral.