Hold Your Breath, Sunshine
A ship is safe in the harbour - but that's not what ships are for.
~o~
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. (Sarah Williams)
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Could've.
Should've.
Would've.
Didn't. Didn't. Didn't.
~o~
A ship is safe in the harbour - but that's not what ships are for.
~o~
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. (Sarah Williams)
~o~
Could've.
Should've.
Would've.
Didn't. Didn't. Didn't.
~o~
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Date: Wednesday, 27 April 2011 08:25 am (UTC)Interesting - on what basis was it supposed to be such a fine example? Because the facts were well-researched then, or...?
It really sounds as if it should make a brilliantly human story, but it just didn't on screen, and it sounds as if the book was the same... and yet people seem to be praising the billy-oh out of it! I wonder if they're praising what they see as the skill of writer, as far as her research went, rather than in the re-telling of the story...? The drama seemed to me to go through the mechanics of the case without actually touching on any human aspect at all, and it's that which gets me interested in stories... the feeling of them, not just what-happened... I wonder if they'd shown it from Constance's pov, and perhaps started way back when her father began sleeping with the governess, to give us a feel for her potential motives, whether it would have been more compelling as drama/a book...