tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93806949401535283.post5710286903248071607..comments2023-08-28T06:45:35.829-07:00Comments on Jon Bear and Carlyn Girl's small adventures: Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey- Review by CarlynCarlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01226024126682885326noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93806949401535283.post-47091064800251580742015-06-03T17:39:22.197-07:002015-06-03T17:39:22.197-07:00Thanks Bethany. yes it is true that people hesitat...Thanks Bethany. yes it is true that people hesitate too much in love. Carlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226024126682885326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93806949401535283.post-24108003545332626692015-06-02T15:07:32.245-07:002015-06-02T15:07:32.245-07:00Your review is a good read for sure! It sounds li...Your review is a good read for sure! It sounds like an interesting story. The part about both falling in love but being convinced the other party did not feel the same way must have been a bit frustrating...ha! I wish that part were pure fiction, but it happens. Sometimes it's hard to admit "like" for someone.Bethany Carsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583914285773271009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93806949401535283.post-76013735212421925072015-06-01T19:18:31.247-07:002015-06-01T19:18:31.247-07:00I think starting again at the beginning would be b...I think starting again at the beginning would be best. It took me a long time to read Oscar and Lucinda too.<br />Oscar and his father had a strained relationship because his dad was kinda a gruff shy man and the two had differing views about religion. His dad was very conservative and lots of things were considered sins like Christmas festivities. <br /><br />I think Lucinda's family was normal farming family. What she really had difficulty with was adjusting to being a proper young lady. When her parents died, the farm was sold and she became a rich woman. She really struggled with leading a genteel life. Carlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226024126682885326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93806949401535283.post-77249938289535281862015-06-01T13:35:54.626-07:002015-06-01T13:35:54.626-07:00I've read a good bit of Oscar and Lucinda but ...I've read a good bit of Oscar and Lucinda but I put the book down and haven't picked it up in so long that I would have to probably start from the beginning again. I seem to remember Oscar as having something of a strange if not strained relationship with his father and both Oscar and Lucinda coming from difficult family circumstances. <br /><br />I never got deep enough into the story to find out that Lucinda enjoyed gambling too, but remember that Oscar got hooked in during the horse races by a friend while he was at college (was it Oxford?). <br /><br />I remember the story shifting between their childhoods/ young adulthoods and right as I was really getting into one aspect of the story it would shift to the other perspective. I understand why an author does that but sometimes it doesn't sit well with me and it's one of the things that made me put the book down. I should like to finish it sometime though. I'm at the library today and if they have it perhaps I'll pick it up again. >.<jon bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082859646896477574noreply@blogger.com