Apr. 23rd, 2013 11:13 pm
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muckefuckTonight I had basically three choices on the entertainment front (four if you include "watching crap on YouTube for hours on end while playing solitaire", but I was determined not to pick that one):
Apparently reviewers of the time found it "a little dull" due to the familiarity of the plot and setting, but I found the general lack of melodrama and sentimentality refreshing and the small details very well observed. Definitely one to watch again sometime.
Actually, I did manage to fit in some of the Marsé as well after all. I've got only twenty pages to go and I'm determined to finish it before I leave town. I don't why, given its many virtues, it's taking me so damn long to reach the end. Although I love to savour the language, I'm doing my best not to look too much up. I can always read it again sometime if I want to, right?
- Finish reading El embrujo de Shanghai
- Watch last Sunday's Mad Men
- Watch Flirting
Apparently reviewers of the time found it "a little dull" due to the familiarity of the plot and setting, but I found the general lack of melodrama and sentimentality refreshing and the small details very well observed. Definitely one to watch again sometime.
Actually, I did manage to fit in some of the Marsé as well after all. I've got only twenty pages to go and I'm determined to finish it before I leave town. I don't why, given its many virtues, it's taking me so damn long to reach the end. Although I love to savour the language, I'm doing my best not to look too much up. I can always read it again sometime if I want to, right?