First LoT book club discussion: Madame Bovary

[Ghoulish Delight]

To me, Emma didn't have enough of her own will to feel sorry for. I never felt that she had a dream that she never got. I felt that her dream was to dream, and that's exactly what she got.

As for it being about different pace or lack of subtlety, that's not it for me. I enjoyed the prose and the story telling. I just disliked the story. For a modern parellel, with plenty of modern pace and lack of subtlety, look to Chasing Amy. Written by Kevin Smith, of whom I'm an adoring fan who will happily eat up any drivel he produces, no matter how bad I know it'll be (Clerks II, here I come!). But Chasing Amy, which has the same "no redeming qualities" schtick, I hate. I'm loathe to spend my entertainment time with characters who aren't interesting to be around.

And, for the record, I don't just hate Elizabeth. I hate every character that played more than a set-piece part.