That kid was definitely a future serial killer, I was reading it going "And does he also wet his bed and set things on fire???"
As a book, I... had trouble discerning a satisfactory story-shaped arc in Agnes. I mean, Agnes is fantastic, but her fantasticness is in coping with perpetual torment until good things randomly happen to her. This is an important life skill particularly for a woman in her setting, but it's not what I expect of a plot.
Villette though. Villette is fantastic. Oh! As is the Yuletide 2006 fanfic I would not be you for a kingdom, srsly if you like Ginevra you'll want to read it.
(Hey, maybe Lucy lied about the plantation. I mean, I can't see why she would, but that never stopped her before...)
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Date: 2012-04-22 11:00 pm (UTC)As a book, I... had trouble discerning a satisfactory story-shaped arc in Agnes. I mean, Agnes is fantastic, but her fantasticness is in coping with perpetual torment until good things randomly happen to her. This is an important life skill particularly for a woman in her setting, but it's not what I expect of a plot.
Villette though. Villette is fantastic. Oh! As is the Yuletide 2006 fanfic I would not be you for a kingdom, srsly if you like Ginevra you'll want to read it.
(Hey, maybe Lucy lied about the plantation. I mean, I can't see why she would, but that never stopped her before...)