First read this when I was about 17, and I loved it. Well, the heroine is 17, so no surprise there. Hero is olWell, I should not have gone here again.
First read this when I was about 17, and I loved it. Well, the heroine is 17, so no surprise there. Hero is old (34) which is a bit more of an age difference than I usually like but I thought it seemed wonderfully romantic at the time.
Fast forward to NOW. If Richard Armitage hadn't been reading this, (that slightly raspy yet velvety voice *fans herself) it would have been a DNF. It was just so painful. Horry (Horatia) is such a useless mess. Probably a typical 17 year-old. But she was forever blaming herself for everything that happened, and her darling husband, Rule, reminded me of a large, sleek pussycat playing with a mouse. No thanks. And I'm not even going to start on the OW issue- the mistress. I mean he just got married, the f***er, and he still visits her - oh, that's right, less often. That boat won't float, baby.
Ah well, I am now forewarned. Because I have learnt something really interesting. How we feel about a book really does depend on where we are at in a particular time in our lives. So maybe I shouldn't say a book was shite, rather, it doesn't appeal to me at this moment. Hell, I used to read bodice-rippers with tons of dubcon, even violence, and think that was OK.
So actually, I am glad I read this book again. Much of Georgette Heyer may now be largely incomprehensible and unlikeable for me, (and I really have read every single one of her HRs). But in acknowledging this, it is also telling me to mellow out and calm the f*** down. It is only somebody's story, after all!
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