The Anti-Hero

Good day. Worked. Listened to the rest of the Saddleback forum (oddly interesting). Went in to school to pick up stuff (blech). Bought new makeup (it's amazing!). Had dinner with Marg and talked about serious stuff. Came home and finished one of my books.

It's a good thing school is starting back up because this whole "starting a book when it's already dark out and finishing it that night"thing has got to stop. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to finish it, but somehow I kept going. Granted, I skimmed a lot.

The Meaning of Night: A Confession

I have to say, the whole subtitle of "A Confession" had me from the beginning. The first line is "After killing the red-haired man, I took myself to Quinn's for an oyster supper." and the back says, "So begins the story of Edward Glyver, booklover, scholar, and murderer. A chance discovery convinces Glyver that greatness awaits him. His path to win back what is rightfully his leads him to Evenwood, one of England's most enchanting country houses, and a woman who will become his obsession." Gotta admit. It's my kind of book. Not only does he continually quote historical documents and victorian fiction, but it is written as if from the Victorian era, which I love. But the thing that kept me going was that the first scene of the 700 page book was of this man Edward murdering an innocent man just to prove he could do it. Somehow I managed to stay interested while the plot unraveled at snail's pace. Honestly, I almost couldn't do it. I can't stand it when the plot is so darn slow!!! And yet, I just finished and I'm quite impressed that Michael Cox made me empathize so much with a murderer. I had tears at the end. This was a story without a hero! I watched a movie without a hero last night and HATED it. But here I finished a book without a hero and...it's so weird. It's like he was an anti-hero.

Incredible. This author is long-winded (ok, so maybe he just lives for the details). But, I'm very impressed in his anti-hero technique.

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