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Wednesday Reading Meme
Apr. 30th, 2025 06:59 pmRecently Finished:
Under Plum Lake by Lionel Davidson
Summary: "A young boy Barry is ushered into a subterranean world where he encounters a civilization and kingdom unlike anything above ground."
This reminds me of a sci-fi retelling of a fairy abduction story. The plot is simple: Barry meets an alien boy Did, and explores an advanced underwater alien civilization Egon. The description of Egon is fun and gorgeous but also unsettling and dangerous. Barry nears dies when Dido shows him around carelessly. I like how dark and compelling Dido's dynamic with Barry is. At first he thinks of Barry like a dog and taking him to increasingly dangerous activities, and Barry is aware of that. But his feeling changes when Barry nearly dies. The ending is full of yearning as Barry has to return to his own world (and still messed up about that.) I really enjoy it.
Under Plum Lake by Lionel Davidson
Summary: "A young boy Barry is ushered into a subterranean world where he encounters a civilization and kingdom unlike anything above ground."
This reminds me of a sci-fi retelling of a fairy abduction story. The plot is simple: Barry meets an alien boy Did, and explores an advanced underwater alien civilization Egon. The description of Egon is fun and gorgeous but also unsettling and dangerous. Barry nears dies when Dido shows him around carelessly. I like how dark and compelling Dido's dynamic with Barry is. At first he thinks of Barry like a dog and taking him to increasingly dangerous activities, and Barry is aware of that. But his feeling changes when Barry nearly dies. The ending is full of yearning as Barry has to return to his own world (and still messed up about that.) I really enjoy it.
