tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post86737199134321765..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Books: Armadale by Wilkie CollinsLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-56727866426532656252012-06-28T11:56:35.280+01:002012-06-28T11:56:35.280+01:00Ah, I really enjoy Wilkie Collins. Thus far I'...Ah, I really enjoy Wilkie Collins. Thus far I've only read Heart and Science (one of his lesser-known novels), but I've got three other Collins novels on my shelves waiting to be read. <br /><br />And now I'm dying to read Armadale, too! Thanks for your fantastic thoughts. :)Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-46158926509705412082012-06-27T15:42:32.239+01:002012-06-27T15:42:32.239+01:00I began reading Armadale as a proposed dissertatio...I began reading Armadale as a proposed dissertation text when I was in my last year of my undergrad (my dissertation was on female criminals in Victorian Literature) but for some reason I never finsished it and focused on three other novels instead. I love Wilkie Collins' writing, so I definitely need to hunt down a copy of this again and finish it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-91164064603636644912012-06-27T00:45:44.653+01:002012-06-27T00:45:44.653+01:00I've never even heard of this one! I love how ...I've never even heard of this one! I love how the book blog world introduces me to books. I'd never heard of Rebecca du Maurier either!*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-54859283306953823382012-06-19T23:23:02.905+01:002012-06-19T23:23:02.905+01:00Very true. I worry a little when people are reluct...Very true. I worry a little when people are reluctant to face unpleasant realities that happen to be delivered via fiction. It seems to me that the more you know, the better...always. But if I try really hard, I can understand the other side of the argument. But for me, catharsis all the way!Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-48778952780350341682012-06-19T22:25:03.260+01:002012-06-19T22:25:03.260+01:00I've never been more surprised by an author, I...I've never been more surprised by an author, I don't think! I heard friends with Dickens, and I was very very uncertain!<br /><br />Dude, my/our way is totally the right way!!!!! But I *suppose* I can let it be a personal preference thing... *sigh*. It's not even that I necessarily want to dwell on the sad things, but it's like, I just think it's healthy to do so, and it might like let out feelings that you might not always be able to express in real life (and by you I mean me). It's just like... sad things happen, and if they happen to you and you don't really know what to do, but then you read about a similar thing in a book... I just think that's really helpful, and makes you feel all, non-alone, you know? Catharsis, man!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-81698432357541440012012-06-19T19:45:56.743+01:002012-06-19T19:45:56.743+01:00Holy WILKIE, this book sounds amazing. He really w...Holy WILKIE, this book sounds amazing. He really won us over didn't he? We were all prepared to hate him, and then he went SURPRISE I'M AWESOME.<br /><br />Regarding your feud with Alice, I'm afraid I have to agree with you in a personal sense...but it really is a personal preference. I really like to dwell on morbid and upsetting things, in books AND movies, but I certainly have friends and a mother who feel that it's a waste of time to think about sad/bad things. I don't think either way is the RIGHT way...but I think you're right. ;)Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-84076029838401784052012-06-19T19:40:44.314+01:002012-06-19T19:40:44.314+01:00I HAVE A COPY OF THE MOONSTONE ALREADY! IT'S T...I HAVE A COPY OF THE MOONSTONE ALREADY! IT'S TRUEEEEEEE.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-49164296982323553282012-06-19T16:36:24.913+01:002012-06-19T16:36:24.913+01:00Clearly, this is true. And one review just isn'...Clearly, this is true. And one review just isn't enough for how awesome Armadale is! (I realise I could have done more than one by myself, but meh, I'm laaazy) You are clearly Lydia though (you're going to be so sad when you read this cause she's not so nice! And you are! Oh well... the Laudanum will make it alllll better hehe)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-44420826244474054042012-06-19T16:34:32.698+01:002012-06-19T16:34:32.698+01:00I know, I really should wait for readalongs to do ...I know, I really should wait for readalongs to do such things! I... don't want to say about the mental hospital! I will say that it's not really a massive plot point, and no one's really there because they're crazy, and that's ALL I will say!<br /><br />Norwegian Wood is wonderful! You can be on my team Murakami! We'll show that doctor/Alice!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-49003642334352199822012-06-19T14:17:49.227+01:002012-06-19T14:17:49.227+01:00I AGREE WITH ALLEY.I AGREE WITH ALLEY.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-49100254911463562582012-06-19T00:41:58.321+01:002012-06-19T00:41:58.321+01:00Excellent, I'm a flame-haired temptress addict...Excellent, I'm a flame-haired temptress addicted to my drops. Also Ozias Midwinter??? Seriously! Why didn't we have a readalong for this?? OK no one is to read anymore Wilkie without a readalong because this guy just provides us with pure gold.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-22268186359582573472012-06-18T21:53:25.877+01:002012-06-18T21:53:25.877+01:00Noooo! You cannot read Wilkie without readalong aw...Noooo! You cannot read Wilkie without readalong awesomeness!<br />But then again, this review was as awesome as a miniature-readalong and I am already loving Armadale without ever having heard of it before. Also, huzzah for Hugh Laurie.<br /><br />I hope it's not the evil drops-addicted (clearly the best euphemism ever) Marian who ends up in the mental hospital, because then it would be like a reverse Woman in White and I would be confused.<br /><br />Oh, and in the feud you are definitely on the right side (because you're obviously on Murakami's side). I could be your fugleman (fuglewoman? I'm confused already.) Stupid evil doctor. Norwegian Wood is sooo not depressing.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672158633910811092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-44876681139138245462012-06-18T21:08:39.098+01:002012-06-18T21:08:39.098+01:00Yay! Do! I highly recommend it (obviously!)Yay! Do! I highly recommend it (obviously!)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-10571059434902347312012-06-18T20:20:38.946+01:002012-06-18T20:20:38.946+01:00I've read Woman in White and The Moonstone but...I've read Woman in White and The Moonstone but not this. I love Wilkie so I must get to it asap!Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-83770942875610518072012-06-18T15:37:11.375+01:002012-06-18T15:37:11.375+01:00Yeah, but that doctor is a bad guy, and the people...Yeah, but that doctor is a bad guy, and the people he thinks can't cope with like the sad sad books are crazy people, soooo... yeah.<br /><br />I TOTALLY WANT ANOTHER WILKIE READALONG PLEASE CAN WE DO THAT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE?! I happen to know that Megs has a copy of The Moonstone already, and also, EVERYONE LOVES WILKIE! WILKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!<br /><br />Also, read Armadale. It's the awesomest!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-77220471545096926422012-06-18T15:35:04.371+01:002012-06-18T15:35:04.371+01:00Oh nooo! But but but Lydia! She's so nasty, an...Oh nooo! But but but Lydia! She's so nasty, and yet so so right about Allan! I do agree that the others should have seen through her plans though, BUT I feel like the fact that they didn't was quite indicative of their characters, in that THEY'RE ALL STUPID (except maybe Midwinter, but... he's in lurve!) But yeah, I ended up kind of liking her because she's all complex and stuff- but I can totally see how liking/disliking her is a huuuge like factor in liking this book or not.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-10793744837679828572012-06-18T15:32:22.898+01:002012-06-18T15:32:22.898+01:00A drug addicted evil version of Marian= Yes. Yes i...A drug addicted evil version of Marian= Yes. Yes indeed. She's not quite as awesome as Marian, in a general characterish way, but she's still pretty awesome in a WOAH strong woman way. ARMADALE IS AWESOME!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-25912590884495084992012-06-18T14:39:29.212+01:002012-06-18T14:39:29.212+01:00I AM RIGHT. I AM ALWAYS RIGHT.
This sounds totall...I AM RIGHT. I AM ALWAYS RIGHT.<br /><br />This sounds totally amazing. Because WLIKIIIIIE! And I'm bummed we're not just reading all the Wilkie as a readalong...omg, you know what? We should forget The Monk AND READ MORE WILKIE AS A READALONG. AND THAT WILL BE A THING. We should read The Moonstone or something. 'Cause that's his other big one.<br /><br />But yeah, so I have to read Armadale now, because daaaaamn.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-3199507511638802802012-06-18T14:03:41.655+01:002012-06-18T14:03:41.655+01:00I loved the first quarter of this book, before Lyd...I loved the first quarter of this book, before Lydia showed up. When she showed up, I didn't find her at all an interesting or sympathetic character. To me, she felt like a completely incompetant villain with really thin plans that anyone should be able to see through, and the fact that they don't really irritated me. The book changed its whole plot after a quarter of the way in, and went completely downhill, until I ended up giving this book 2 stars. :(Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-79128383709824871562012-06-18T13:04:51.028+01:002012-06-18T13:04:51.028+01:00Great review -- I absolutely have to read this imm...Great review -- I absolutely have to read this immediately! So Armadale basically has a drug-addicted evil version of Marian? I am so there. <br /><br />I love how much Wilkie messes with Victorian conventions... Sigh.Raynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536910555459674118noreply@blogger.com