books 24 and 25...

[derien]

(Edited to add a warning: Don't read the comments if you don't want spoilers for The Maltese Falcon.)

I have, finally, "The Gun Seller" (by Hugh Laurie) in my very own hot, sweaty little hand, thanks to kryptyd, who is an angel of sweetness. I had been looking for this book for... I want to say a year. A while, anyway.

And now I have it. *is stunned* And, no, I don't care a bit about it's slightly tattered condition - I beat books up to the extent that one of my friends ceased loaning me his because I do that (same thing you do, kryptyd) of carrying them around to read while I'm eating. Actually, I'm sure I'm much harder on books than you are. I should find a way to protect them.

I think "Swallows and Amazons" is going to get shoved aside yet again.

BTW, I finished "The Maltese Falcon" and I think...
Effie's reaction at the end was because she had a crush on Brigid. Eor isn't sure he agrees. What do you all think?

Eor felt that the gay guy got a decent portrayal, but I was a little annoyed that when he attacked Spade he was completely ineffectual. He could have made some impression, or done something other than flail. But I was glad that he attacked Spade because Spade punched the pretty boy he had a crush on. ;)


I also finally finished "From the Earth to the Moon / Round the Moon" - Jules Verne. At this point if I never read another Jules Verne again I'll be happy. Sheesh, talk about dry and boring. There's really nothing to say about it, it was too dull. Kind of like the rice I'm having for breakfast came out. Milk, butter, honey, cinnamon and nutmeg and it's still bland. :P

#24) "From the Earth to the Moon / Round the Moon" - Jules Verne

#25) "The Maltese Falcon" - Dashiell Hammett

Comments

[camwyn]

Dear lord, it's been years since I read The Maltese Falcon. I scarcely remember Effie's reaction at all. *embarrassed look* Sorry.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Well, Spade several times asks Effie's opinion of Brigid, and Effie keeps sticking up for the other woman, saying she's sure that she's a good person and making Spade go help her. At the end when she realizes he's given Brigid over to the police she says she knows he's right, that Brigid did commit murder, but she's pissed at him regardless.

Eor argued that she had no time to develope a crush, because the book begins with her introducing a woman here to see him - no mention of him hearing the door to the outer office open, nothing. But I have to argue that if he knows she has an opinion, that indicates she must have had some interaction or observation time. If you have had time to form an opinion then you've also had time to have your opinion biased.

Saying she just supports Brigid's cause because she's a woman and women support each other would be naive like a Victorian-era feminist.