I love it when a reviewer...

[charlie_cochrane]

Not only likes a book but sees things in it you never realised you put there. I know that I try to echo the title of the Cambridge Books both in the mystery bit and the whatever's-going-on-with-the-lads bit, but the lovely Melanie has spotted something else.

The author does provide some lightness to offset the darkness occurring within Orlando by bringing in Jonty’s sister, Lavinia and her husband, Ralph. They have a major problem with their marriage and a resourceful Jonty has just the answer. This is a sweet, funny and endearing section of Lessons In Trust that still manages to address the issue at hand, that of trust within a relationship.

The subconscious part of my writing brain must have been having a good day (or forty three) when I wrote that sub plot.

Comments

[marasmine.livejournal.com]

You must have been on top form that day.

I always wonder what Shakespeare would think of the in depth analyses of his work. Would he be pleased that the nuances had been spotted? Or would he be rolling his eyes and complaining that people were just supposed to enjoy (and pay)?

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I think I must have been. How do I get it back?

I think Will would be appalled. He was a bums on seats/work the theatricals man. I've seen stuff about all the rhetoric in the As You Like It "The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; etc" scene. But if you watch the play it's surely just there to give Rosalind and the rest time to get into their posh frocks for the last act.