Nick Jeffery and John Granger Continue Their 60th Birthday Celebration of the Life and Work of J. K. Rowling with a Conversation About the Novel Serious Strikers Love the Most or just Love to Hate
Nick, I am beyond "like" about these videos. Count me in on all of them.
Rowling's books, including Career of Evil, are as they need to be, The fact that she is a woman should not exclude her from being a writer for the general public.
I always skip the Donny chapters when I re-read COE. But it’s still the one I’ve read least often. It’s strange because, Dennis Creed is at least as horrible as Donny, if not worse, but I love re-reading Troubled Blood. I think it’s something about getting Donny’s first person perspective, dehumanising his wife.
Plus, the body integrity disorder stuff is also 🤢😵💫
I agree, Aurora! That first person perspective of a monster is a challenging read. Rowling’s use of Strike to squash affirmation of body dismorphia resonates particularly hard in a post 2019 read. A neat parallel as well with someone who identifies into disadvantage being challenged by someone who is disadvantaged by physical reality.
Nick, I am beyond "like" about these videos. Count me in on all of them.
Rowling's books, including Career of Evil, are as they need to be, The fact that she is a woman should not exclude her from being a writer for the general public.
Thank you, Brian!
I always skip the Donny chapters when I re-read COE. But it’s still the one I’ve read least often. It’s strange because, Dennis Creed is at least as horrible as Donny, if not worse, but I love re-reading Troubled Blood. I think it’s something about getting Donny’s first person perspective, dehumanising his wife.
Plus, the body integrity disorder stuff is also 🤢😵💫
I agree, Aurora! That first person perspective of a monster is a challenging read. Rowling’s use of Strike to squash affirmation of body dismorphia resonates particularly hard in a post 2019 read. A neat parallel as well with someone who identifies into disadvantage being challenged by someone who is disadvantaged by physical reality.