Flight of the Heron read-along: Part III chapters 1-2

[regshoe]

Charlie chose the place himsel', the graveyard of Culloden...

Well, it looks like Keith's prophecies about the fate of the Jacobites, at least, weren't too inaccurate...

Next week we'll read chapters 3 and 4 of part III.

Comments

[hedgebird]

Then I suppose we can only say she liked both internal and external relationship conflicts, regardless of the precise nature of the relationships! And evidently didn't feel she needed to match the length of the two story arcs, slightly odd though it feels to me.

That should be an interesting fic!

[regshoe]

Your point about not matching the length has me thinking about "Mr Rowl", which I've just finished a re-read of. There the smarm-y m/m relationship isn't even introduced until halfway through the book, but when it is there's an awesome conflict of duty and loyalties over it. Meanwhile the romance has some conflict caused by things always going wrong with Juliana's attempts to save Raoul, which continues all the way through the book, though it isn't always the focus.

Yeah, I don't think there are any general points here! Other than that I think Broster likes Honour and Loyalty etc. more than any particular types of conflict or anything else. :D