MJ's Challenge ~ The Voyage Out

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RoyalChick said:
Yes. I stumbled on that guess too.
What is with ‘bigoted workers’?
I did like the description of London as a factory with the West End as the finished product.
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I am going to enjoy this. Everyone else seems to have gone for something really solid & I get fixated on *light* 😆
 
Ribh said:
I am going to enjoy this. Everyone else seems to have gone for something really solid & I get fixated on *light* 😆
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Oh I saw the light too (if you see what I mean), but it felt a bit ‘forced’ like she was doing a writing exercise. It did create the atmosphere very well.
 
RoyalChick said:
Oh I saw the light too (if you see what I mean), but it felt a bit ‘forced’ like she was doing a writing exercise. It did create the atmosphere very well.
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I agree ~ though I was thinking it felt overworked ~ which it probably was. I am having trouble with her characters to start with. They all feel & sound a bit same/same so I am a bit muddled but that will probably sort out with time.
 
drstratton said:
I knew you weren't imagining it, I was just pointing out that my brain was on a totally different path. :)
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This is the interesting thing about doing a study with others. When my OB was about 7 I read him the opening parts of Gilgamesh, not expecting him to really grasp much of it @ all. He missed the straight storyline completely but understood the dream sequences extremely well. We each grasp hold of what we recognise & understand best.

I think Woolfe writes about water extremely well ~ but I live within sight & sound of water so recognise it immediately as true. For the same reason I am tuned into the nuances of light ~ especially light on water. I've avoided big cities all my life so tended to read over those descriptions as irrelevant & not worth my attention ~ which is probably not true taken in context but knowing how I read I can compensate & will reread if necessary.
 
Ribh said:
This is the interesting thing about doing a study with others. When my OB was about 7 I read him the opening parts of Gilgamesh, not expecting him to really grasp much of it @ all. He missed the straight storyline completely but understood the dream sequences extremely well. We each grasp hold of what we recognise & understand best.

I think Woolfe writes about water extremely well ~ but I live within sight & sound of water so recognise it immediately as true. For the same reason I am tuned into the nuances of light ~ especially light on water. I've avoided big cities all my life so tended to read over those descriptions as irrelevant & not worth my attention ~ which is probably not true taken in context but knowing how I read I can compensate & will reread if necessary.
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Yes, everyone definitely has a different perspective on things & I believe that is mostly based on our experiences in life! Looking at your son's takeaway of what you read to him...the imagination of a child is such a wondrous & beautiful thing, I can see where he would have grasped the dream sequence!

I don't much care for big cities either, but have experienced them quite a bit & I could get a good sense of the hustle & bustle of the people on their path.

This is very fun! 💗
 

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