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You drift slowly out of strange dreams of paper plates and frankenbrows to the delicious smell of crepes!

( Wake up! )

Something just moved under the bed.

It moves again.

Rolling to the edge, you slooooowly peer under.
( Wake up! It's time to read Elsie Dinsmore! )

Why? Because otherwise we'd have to keep reading it!

Good morning! We're starting off with Travilla and Daddy D. talking.
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**Curious to see if Finley changed her views, in which case I wanted to be fair, I skipped to the 24th book and I'll admit skimmed it, looking for changes of her opinions or refinement of her stances or other mellowing. I found: father with daughter putting off marriage so she could stay his little girl, lover feeling entitled to marry her, lone black servant character needing to be translated to other white characters, everyone concealing from a sick woman the fact that she was dying, about a hundred pages of frickin' wedding planning, and a last page where we're told a prisoner with a grudge against one of the female leads suddenly escaped from prison, which I can only deduce is slang for "a more interesting book you are not reading," and she now needs a bodyguard and they must travel with friends.

Short answer: No.

You scream and drop a plate.

"Sorry!" I say.

"What-"

"Well, I didn't want to always be waking you up, so I thought I'd catch you at dinner instead... are those green beans?"
( It's dinnertime! It's time to read Elsie Dinsmore! )

Good morning! I know you missed having me show up and drag you out of bed and poke you into the kitchen for Elsie Dinsmore! Choice of drink is ginger tea, chamomile tea, or peppermint tea depending on which works for you as a nausea remedy. Backup drink is Pepto-Bismol. Food is a liability. Emergency escapes include the door, the window, and the back button. From here on out, all depends on your personal tolerance. But it might get that ugly. ( Read more... )

Good morning! We're ticking along through Elsie Dinsmore, and yet we're moving kind of slowly. This isn't really a problem for me, because I know where we're headed and how sudden the drops are going to be, but at the same time, I want to get to the fun stuff already (the carriage ride! The carriage ride!) And you get the idea how it's running. ( Read more... )

So Elsie goes on suffering. This is like it has been: Elsie bumps around the woe wheel and we're dragged along. But something is changing, and on following it, it looks less like a flaw in the writing and more like a fault line in the book's morality.
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Crossposting here from Ye Olde LJ comes Elsie Dinsmore! I am so sorry for the spam, those of you who have me friended. But for those who slumber peacefully... it's time to read Elsie Dinsmore!
( WAKE UP! WAKE UP! )