ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
[the scarlet pimpernel] I... find myself not liking the book much >>
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
at least the first one
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
XD part of it is different expectations because I saw the show before I read the book and the book is just about his wife it seems
coco_rose
Too romance heavy?
coco_rose
Ah, yup. 
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
XD it's not that per se
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
it's just there's only so much melodrama that I can take rofl
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
she's cute and all but is like
toomanydogs
The other books are better, imo
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
ALAS
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
all the time
coco_rose
The first book is a lot of that.
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
and I'm just like
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
lady pls
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
what really got me is that
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
she was so concerned for her love that she forgot about her brother which started this whole thing
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
and I'm just like lady pls
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
You don't even know him that well
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
but I'll try the one after to see what it's like
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
since I'm just about done with this one
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
and though I haven't reached the episode with FFoulkes yet
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
I imagine him as Troughton
coco_rose
I do too now. ^^
coco_rose
I do like those books/stories where it's more about the characters outsmarting the other side better. But... I am a sucker for the romance so the first book doesn't bother me.
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
/nod
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
I mean it's not bad by any means
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
and I do like it in a roundabout way but
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
XD it's just a little too much for my taste
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
speaking of old books though have you ever read the Phantom of the Opera?
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
because that book is not meant to be funny but it kills me every time
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
I do like her a s a character though oddly enough just /gestures
coco_rose
I have not. I've seen a ton of the PotOpera movies though
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
/nodnod
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
It's not a bad book
coco_rose
I like her too but lol, yes, she is dram
coco_rose
drama*
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
yeah XD
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
tho I mean Percy is JUST AS DRAMATIC
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
in his own way
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
and I like the thought of her being on his level mentally
coco_rose
YUP 
They are well suited to each other they just needed to SPEAK to one another about things in that first book
They are well suited to each other they just needed to SPEAK to one another about things in that first book
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
XD yes
toomanydogs
POTO is a weird read. Susan Kay's Phantom is far, far, superior.
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
they both have their strengths and weaknesses
Streets of Edo
I never liked the books but that's because they're so pro-aristocracy and anti-revolution... not just anti-Reign of Terror but the whole revolution.
TrailTracer
I think I perfer older works in audio book form
TrailTracer
I'm reading two of these novels right now at the same time and they seem moslty about everyone else and likely someone in the room might be the Pimpernel
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
/nodnod
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
and yeah it is a bit anti-revolution
TrailTracer
oh damn she's really making the French make Vald the Imaler look tame.
TrailTracer
cartoonly levels of bias going on
ðŊððĶðŦððŽðī ððĶðŊðð ðĶ~
/nods. I think it's a book of it's time tho XD really which doesn't excuse it but