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sophia_sol) wrote2014-07-29 08:28 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2014-07-29 08:28 pm
The Blue Castle, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
I have read this book SO MANY TIMES. But it will never get old. And I had food poisoning on the weekend and needed to read something nice and comforting. WHICH THIS IS.
The funny thing, though, is that I still keep finding things to comment on. Not, like, groundbreaking things or anything, but.
First: Omfg, the "up back" party timeline is completely messed up. At 11 pm Valancy's been at the party a while and is starting to get concerned because of the new influx of drunk people. Barney shows up and offers her an escape and a ride home; she accepts. Halfway home Barney's car runs out of gas and they sit there for three hours before Uncle Wellington comes by. And when Uncle Wellington comes by it's only 10 pm. UH HUH. Three hours later is definitely the same thing as one hour earlier. But the thing is, I don't even see how to fix this timeline. Because I can't imagine Valancy having to leave the party as early as 7 pm, and I can't imagine Uncle Wellington and Olive driving about at 2 am, and I can't actually imagine any timeline where this all WOULD make sense, even if we drastically cut back the amount of time Barney and Valancy sit in the woods. TIME TRAVEL. Time travel solves everything!
Second: Barney comments that the various Redfern medicines are harmless, but I want to know more about 1920's patent medicine so I can confirm whether they are ACTUALLY harmless or whether it's just that 1920's people (including the author) thought the ingredients would be harmless. I know that narcotics were beginning to be restricted already by this point, but I'm having trouble finding more info online about 1920's patent medicine in particular as opposed to 18th-19th century patent medicine in general. Anyone have any idea?
The funny thing, though, is that I still keep finding things to comment on. Not, like, groundbreaking things or anything, but.
First: Omfg, the "up back" party timeline is completely messed up. At 11 pm Valancy's been at the party a while and is starting to get concerned because of the new influx of drunk people. Barney shows up and offers her an escape and a ride home; she accepts. Halfway home Barney's car runs out of gas and they sit there for three hours before Uncle Wellington comes by. And when Uncle Wellington comes by it's only 10 pm. UH HUH. Three hours later is definitely the same thing as one hour earlier. But the thing is, I don't even see how to fix this timeline. Because I can't imagine Valancy having to leave the party as early as 7 pm, and I can't imagine Uncle Wellington and Olive driving about at 2 am, and I can't actually imagine any timeline where this all WOULD make sense, even if we drastically cut back the amount of time Barney and Valancy sit in the woods. TIME TRAVEL. Time travel solves everything!
Second: Barney comments that the various Redfern medicines are harmless, but I want to know more about 1920's patent medicine so I can confirm whether they are ACTUALLY harmless or whether it's just that 1920's people (including the author) thought the ingredients would be harmless. I know that narcotics were beginning to be restricted already by this point, but I'm having trouble finding more info online about 1920's patent medicine in particular as opposed to 18th-19th century patent medicine in general. Anyone have any idea?