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I'm not sure why, but it took me till March 2023 to start reading it. I suspect I knew that there might not be a happy ending. | I'm not sure why, but it took me till March 2023 to start reading it. I suspect I knew that there might not be a happy ending. | ||
The book is though a joy to read. Rob Wilkins**, is now, whether or not he wished it, an author; and a fine one at that. As I feared, Chapter 20 was a hard read, but it must have been oh so heart-wrenchingly difficult to write. There were tears welling - and a break to make coffee - before I attained the Epilogue. I shall re-read Pterry's later novels with a new appreciation for the effort it took to create them. | The book is though a joy to read. Rob Wilkins**, is now, whether or not he wished it, an author; and a fine one at that. As I feared, Chapter 20 was a hard read, but it must have been oh so heart-wrenchingly difficult to write. There were tears welling - and a break to make coffee - before I attained the Epilogue. I shall re-read Pterry's later novels with a new appreciation for the effort it took to create them. | ||
:<nowiki>*</nowiki> I suspect my brother, though he denies it. | |||
* I suspect my brother, though he denies it. | :<nowiki>**</nowiki> Incidentally, page 294, the pea would roll. Possibly off the plate. (unsigned comment by [[User:Hey Stop|Hey Stop]] 20 Apr 2023) | ||
** Incidentally, page 294, the pea would roll. Possibly off the plate. | |||
Latest revision as of 13:42, 23 April 2023
My Dad, with forethought so unlikely I think someone must have told him to do it*, pre-ordered Pterry's biography for me as a present for my 63rd birthday in early October 2022, which was less than a week after it was published. I'm not sure why, but it took me till March 2023 to start reading it. I suspect I knew that there might not be a happy ending. The book is though a joy to read. Rob Wilkins**, is now, whether or not he wished it, an author; and a fine one at that. As I feared, Chapter 20 was a hard read, but it must have been oh so heart-wrenchingly difficult to write. There were tears welling - and a break to make coffee - before I attained the Epilogue. I shall re-read Pterry's later novels with a new appreciation for the effort it took to create them.
- * I suspect my brother, though he denies it.
- ** Incidentally, page 294, the pea would roll. Possibly off the plate. (unsigned comment by Hey Stop 20 Apr 2023)