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Post by rookshideout on Jun 13, 2016 19:25:10 GMT
My vote is for either number 1 or 3.
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Post by rookshideout on Jun 6, 2016 13:56:42 GMT
I can see what you mean about the author- she was probably bummed out too.
On the positive side, I really learned a lot about the Edwardian era from this book- Downton Abbey really seems to have hit the nail on the head with regards to class privilege and responsibilities. The marriage brokering, the scheming for power and influence...fascinating stuff. And how manipulated were the regular folk? Nothing has changed- the rich and powerful pull the strings and presumably always will.
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Post by rookshideout on Jun 6, 2016 13:48:39 GMT
Im with you, I was expecting some great revelation, and we ended up with a man falling in love, and no real explanation as to why the Duchess concealed the reasons for the boys death, nor how he actually died. In the case of Haddon, I suspect even with out the missing papers, that would remain a mystery. As for the other mystery, something about it still didnt sit right for me. He went from being utterly determined to be with his regiment/company, and then at the drop of a hat, a pretty girl turns his head and he completely changes his way of thinking. I also wonder as to whether his desire to see action was as a result of his failure to get engaged previously, and he felt little value to life, though that doesn't sit well against his interest in history (though that was perhaps a little macabre, so the author seems to indicate), or the content of the letters to his uncle. or if he felt some guilt over the death of his brother, which he clearly had a bigger part in than the official story, and the evidence we have shows. The author didnt start out to write this story, and I think she began writing it with out knowing where it would end. I think that she was hoping that the reason for the missing papers would turn out to be more than it did, but by the time she realised it, she didnt want to scrap many years work. I enjoyed the earlier part of the book, where she was detailing her investigations, far more than the 2nd part which seemed to me to be her imagining the events as they may have happened, rather than simply, as previously done, providing transcripts of letters, or explanations as to what she found in the correspondence.
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Post by rookshideout on Jun 4, 2016 23:54:18 GMT
Well I'm all done - and this book leaves me feeling let down. No explanation of Haddon's death and his reason for destroying his papers turned out to be so mundane! Not that it isn't a shameful secret, but the buildup to it was so great I expected something earth shattering. The writer should have left out the suspense and just given us a straight biography.
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Post by rookshideout on May 21, 2016 3:34:31 GMT
I think the marketers were pulling our legs on the haunted castle. And I'm about 3/4 through. I'm enjoying the book, although it was not what I thought it would be. I feel like I'm joining the author as we search through boxes of stuff. I would've loved unraveling the mystery. Totally agree! I think you as a writer appreciate the author's own research adventure.
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Post by rookshideout on May 19, 2016 2:43:20 GMT
I worked night crew at a grocery store for ten years and podcasts were the only way I survived. I work at a preschool now and there's no way in hell I could tune out- I miss the podcast time but not that job- 10 years of chasing sleep like an elusive dream!
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Post by rookshideout on May 19, 2016 2:39:53 GMT
Billy Bragg and Wilco-Mermaid Avenue
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
Linda Ronstadt - simple Dreams
Cranberries- No Need to Argue
Oh Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack
(Kind of an odd mix)
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Post by rookshideout on May 19, 2016 2:27:48 GMT
I keep waiting for the paranormal but so far seems straight history. I'm enjoying it though.
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Post by rookshideout on May 13, 2016 18:29:00 GMT
Werewolf of London, 1935 version
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Post by rookshideout on May 13, 2016 14:27:28 GMT
My ex husband saw one standing over his bed- he said it emanated hate. The cabin we shared was definitely haunted by something. Luckily I never saw the shadow but I had a number of nasty incidences there.
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Post by rookshideout on May 13, 2016 14:24:19 GMT
I will download right now! Love the title of your podcast- reminds me of one of my favorite bands... The Brothers Comatose.
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Post by rookshideout on May 13, 2016 14:22:28 GMT
How is everyone getting on with this? Im about 3/4 of the way through. I'm about half way done and just read about a key location that rests on a limestone escarpment! Well well well!
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Post by rookshideout on May 6, 2016 22:06:08 GMT
I'm on my lunch break and left book at home. I hate when I do that!
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Post by rookshideout on May 6, 2016 17:54:17 GMT
Also, his uncle must be involved too. Wonder if that's his father's brother or mother's...
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Post by rookshideout on May 6, 2016 17:53:10 GMT
I also think he's trying to hide something his mother did or was involved in- but what? A dark discovery? It seems like the family may have been interested in the occult.
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Post by rookshideout on May 3, 2016 14:16:05 GMT
I just started reading it. So far I think it's pretty good. Is there a moderator yet? Not that I'm volunteering. I would but I'm in the throes of wedding planning.
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