The Woman in White
Oct. 18th, 2011 03:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethI just finished up to the end of The Second Epoch. I have to finish the whole book by Friday, I think I'm on track to do that, there's about 200 more pages out of about 600. I like it much better than I did when I just read the start and gave up. Once it starts writing in many more voices you realise the opinion of the narrator of the moment is never simply the opinion of the book, and it gets much more interesting, plus I don't have to throw the book when it says something annoying. Also it's kind of hilarious watching them all sketch around their own blind spots. Well, hilarious in a fear and death related kind of way, but, it's always much more clear to the reader what is going on than it is to the narrators, but the narrators show us why they can't see it, so instead of just yelling at them to not be so thick, the reader gets to be the cleverest detective and feel smarter than a bunch of made up people. Is a good trick. Also all the narrators are vivid, so you get interesting angles.
It's disturbing to read about women trapped in abusive situations with all doctors and such working hard to keep them there. I think I preferred it when I couldn't get into the book enough to care. They shouldn't ought to be trapped, but they are, sometimes just by what everyone thinks is Proper. It's nasty. Am very glad things change.
... am hoping things changed enough.
It's disturbing to read about women trapped in abusive situations with all doctors and such working hard to keep them there. I think I preferred it when I couldn't get into the book enough to care. They shouldn't ought to be trapped, but they are, sometimes just by what everyone thinks is Proper. It's nasty. Am very glad things change.
... am hoping things changed enough.