Old Book Club Thread - Check out the New One!
Note, October 8, 2018: This is the old book club thread, and it is currently inactive. The active Book Club has moved here: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/947864/. Please jump over there ...
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"Rorygilmore34;13854094" wrote:"CathyTea;13854004" wrote:
All-righty! I also finished Legacies of the Sims, Season 1. So very masterful. I love the scenes of Grace lying on the train--it's always been a fantasy of mine to stowaway on a train. My boyfriend did that in the early 1970s, and his stories about it are so amazing. Plus, there's that incredible tradition that we have in American film of train stowaways....
Which brings me to...
This work is so smack in the tradition of American film--of course, there are the overt references to Classic films, but the entire plot--an abandoned mine, a dying town, a hidden pack of money, a baby on a doorstep, mob overtones... this could be a film. Its pacing and plot structure, too--very embedded in film. This insight excites me--I think that it explains some of the resonance I feel with the story.
@CathyTea I love your review of Season 1! I never looked at it as a overview of American movies! I should have had a train robbery! ;)
How neat that your boyfriend was a stowaway! He must have great stories! :)
Well, he wasn't a very experienced one! The best story is when he and his buddy were rolling into town and they needed to jump off the train before it came into the station, so they stood at the open door... looked out at the rolling slope below... said, "On the count of three..." and at three, they both jumped out at the same time and collided in air and crashed to the ground where they rolled and rolled and rolled and, fortunately, were neither of them hurt! Ah, youth!
