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Originally Posted by CRussel
In fairness to Grant, he is stuck on his back at this point, not even able to sit up in bed to read, but having to prop things up to read at all. I'd probably rumple a dust jacket in that scenario too.
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This is definitely something worth taking into account - not just with the mistreatment of books, but also in his reaction to his nurses. And it is something I tried to consider, but it may have been a mistake to have read
The Man in the Queue recently. That attempt left me predisposed to dislike Grant, and so the opening into this story just fed straight into that.
And, having finished this book, I didn't really find anything to make me think better of Grant. I'm not really expecting everyone to join me in this, I realise that part of it is just a voice-thing. Some stuff just rubs us the wrong way for whatever reason, just as other stuff rubs us exactly the right way. Well, it seems Tey knows how to get my fur sitting crooked.