Some questions to open the discussion: Is Colombe leaving forever? Is she becoming one cannibal? What do you think of the prank on Aude?
What do you think of Aude? Is she honest, or is she hiding
something?
What about the war of religions? Is Just going to become a protestant after he has been left aside by Villegagnon?
And the most important question, has Arantxa abandoned the book or did she gave it a second opportunity? Enjoy reading and enjoy the discussion!
I, for once, am going at the rhythm of the schedule, yay! And I'm finding the situation more and more intense, and I didn't expect some of the turnings of the events, like Colombe going away like that!
ReplyDeleteI don't like Aude, I think she hides more than what the author lets us see...
I have no clue of what's going to be the next step for Just either, only 150 more pages to go!!! This is going to be over in a few days (if life outside the book allows!)...
And Arantxa? I guess she kept reading the book! hahaha!
I am alive and reading!
ReplyDeleteI put the book down for a few weeks, because I was bored and too far in the book... and now I fell behind! I just wrote my comment on Chapter 2.
I am stubborn and I will finish it... I will not disappoint my nocookies friends!!
I knew you would be reading it!
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I am one week behind, but still loving the book.
ReplyDeleteI think that Aube is not probably someone bad, just a girl in a hostile place looking for a good husband (and it seems that Just is the best one in the island) and also looking for a compromise with his uncle (remember that at that time marriage was not something you choose, it was rather a family matter). I think she's rather practical than bad.
I think that Colombe will be back somehow, but the author may be waiting for something different... I believe that she is going to go back to France...
The situation in the island is worsening each page, this seems to be a greek tragedy... Religious intolerance is spreading fast in the book as it has happened many times in history (and probably will happen again).
And the end of the book will tell us the real story of their father! looking forward to finish it!
I'm happy that Arantxa is still with us, her comments are very important to me, in the same level as those of Nayra! :)
Thank you for your support, my nocookies friends!! Ahh, what would I do without you?? :-)
ReplyDeleteI am more interested in the book now. I like Colombe's character and I have the feeling that things are happening. In the first half of the book, when I think about it, nothing really happens and that is not my idea of an adventure book: just telling a story developed in an island doesn't make a book of adventures...
The relationship between Just and Aude responds to the stereotype (real or not) of men and women relationships: naive (silly) young man manipulated by intelligent (vicious) woman, who will make the most of the young man and break his heart.
I agree with Jorge that this probably is a survival strategy in a (very) hostile environment. What would you do if they had you walk everyday in front of all those nasty and desperate men to be picked up by one of them as if you were a commodity? Puaj!
If I didn't like how at the end of part II the events regarding Just's new "status" rushed too much, I like, however, how this third chapter presents how a whole year has passed.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the ladies, I didn't like the first encounter between Colombe and Aude. Didn't you find it extremely rude on Aude's part? Why would she be that conflicting and aggressive with Colombe? Specially considering she is trying to "catch" her brother... I am not sure what to think about her. As Jorge and Arantxa, I understand the difficult position she is in, and of course I cannot imagine what survival strategies I would use if being there. But still, that first encounter with Colombe… and some of her comments… At this point I am more with Rocio: I don't like her and how she manages things.
Another character that calls my attention continuously is Villegagnon. I may have read too much about leadership and Human Resources management, but I cannot avoid thinking all the time what a horrible leader he is. Too much for being realistic that he got that far. However, I was liking his approach towards the religion conflict that is arisen, and how he was trying to highlight the common belief versus the non-sense differences that separate people, calling for order on the base of mutual respect (despite sentences such as that of "suppressing the spirit of reasoning and doubt"). However, what happens in the last pages of this third part? Is he gone crazy (even more)? Hopefully I will understand better as I continue reading.
I am a little bit confused also with Colombe departure, though I believe she will be back somehow. For some reason, I think she will have an important, "heroic" role in the next chapter and in the imminent war is about to happen.