Flight of the Heron read-along: Part I chapters 5-6

[regshoe]

What is right and what is wrang, a short sword and a lang, a weak arm and a strang for to draw...

Welcome back to the read-along! This week's chapters are getting a bit more serious, historically and for our characters...

Next week we'll read the first two chapters of Part II.

Comments

[regshoe]

Hello! :)

And I like that both sides are a bit wrong in their ideas about what's going to happen, it makes everything feel more complicated and human.

That's a good point! I do like the balance at this point between the omniscient narration, which does ultimately know what's going to happen both in history and in Keith and Ewen's story, and showing the perspectives of people who don't know how things are going to end and make wrong predictions in ways that make sense from their own perspectives.

Hehe, yes, this is some excellent oblivious pining :D

Wet plaid being warmer, I don't know—wool does cope better than a lot of fabrics with getting wet, at least. Perhaps I should find a suitable blanket and try to test this theory...