Yeah. It's a kind of catch 22 thing, because part of the charm is that everything is so pure and clear and black and white that you don't have to think at all, but at the same time, you don't really need to care because there's no difficulties or character growth throughout. The only problem to be addressed is the too-easy-to-hate fiancee.
Actually, when I started the book and it was so insistent that Anna was kind and sweet and not remotely spoiled, I wondered if this was going to be one of those with a slightly tongue-in-cheek unreliable narrators, and was a bit disappointed when I realized it was being played incredibly straight.
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Date: 2008-08-05 03:56 am (UTC)Actually, when I started the book and it was so insistent that Anna was kind and sweet and not remotely spoiled, I wondered if this was going to be one of those with a slightly tongue-in-cheek unreliable narrators, and was a bit disappointed when I realized it was being played incredibly straight.