crap-a-thon revisited

[verbminx]

Well, finished with Mists part two. Better than expected... lots of the problems with the first one (crappy flashbacks and flat dialogue) didn't carry through into the second half. I always found the book's Morgaine very whiny and manipulative and self-righteous; she comes off more sympathetically in the film. I don't think Gwenhwyfar is any more sympathetic, just different... maybe less tortured, but also maybe even less interesting or likeable. Morgause is much more villainous than she was in the novel, IIRC, but it's been 9 years since I read it.
So, part two was not exactly a crap-a-thon. Damn.

In other news, my eye and throat are now behaving... yay! and the dinner I planned was delicious and satisfying. I'm going to try to read for a bit and get a good night's sleep. I'm bogged down in a terribly boring section of the book I'm reading, so I might either skip that section or pick up a different book for a while.

Oh yeah... knock wood that Jet's computer becomes a Happy Mac again!

Comments

[rienhasnolife.livejournal.com]

i'm a definate book-skimmer. i skip over the boring parts, and pray i don't miss out on anything vital. lol

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

i'm stuck in the geography-of-egypt section. it's deadly boring. like, "well, some of the greeks say it's 400 stades between memphis and cairo, but others say it's 300. i think it's 400, and here's why.... [2-page explanation follows]". gaaaaah.