Okay, fine, just know that any redneck group that large would have been sexually assaulting Pendergast too. this is so true. SQUEAL LIKE A PIG.
It verged a little bit on sexy Hayward violence, which is uncool. I think that's mainly what unnerved me about it. Like, I was really fine with her getting shot and having the gator bite her, because that stuff just happens when you are hanging out with Pendergast, but there were some points where it did seem sexualized beyond what it would have been, and that made it really unpleasant to read.
There were some points where I think Pendergast's methods would have actually seemed less morally horrible if he had been with D'Agosta and not Hayward, since D'Agosta was prepared to watch him kill people (the right people) and Hayward was not. Hmmmmmm. This is a good point. I'm not really sure if it's just her POV or the fact that she really was more squeamish about killing people and going along with Pendergast's creepier methods. D'Agosta going along with Pendergast's ideas and schemes does make a lot of difference, I guess, because he's usually the relateable POV character, and you kind of take your cues from what he's willing to accept. (rileyc recently had a similar entry about D'Agosta as POV character, and how in moments of major action, it's easier to sympathize with him and worry about him because he's more "normal" and vulnerable--basically, setting the bar for what's okay or what's dangerous.) On the other hand, Pendergast dragging her into this and going ahead and basically killing people anyway when she said that she wasn't willing to be a part of that is way not cool (even if he technically didn't kill Slade, come on, he did, whatever). I think because he's not really working with D'Agosta or Hayward, he's getting them to go along with them...and D'Agosta is okay with that, Hayward less so, and it seems like as acknowledgement that she's doing something she really doesn't want to do, the right thing to do would be to cooperate with her morality. She wasn't willing to kill people or get them killed, and he's using her goodwill and her efforts to help him in a way she expressly didn't want, and maybe even partially implicating her.
lol, major tl;dr, but these are extremely morally grey books.
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Date: 2010-04-12 07:49 pm (UTC)this is so true. SQUEAL LIKE A PIG.
I think that's mainly what unnerved me about it. Like, I was really fine with her getting shot and having the gator bite her, because that stuff just happens when you are hanging out with Pendergast, but there were some points where it did seem sexualized beyond what it would have been, and that made it really unpleasant to read.
Hmmmmmm. This is a good point.
I'm not really sure if it's just her POV or the fact that she really was more squeamish about killing people and going along with Pendergast's creepier methods. D'Agosta going along with Pendergast's ideas and schemes does make a lot of difference, I guess, because he's usually the relateable POV character, and you kind of take your cues from what he's willing to accept. (
On the other hand, Pendergast dragging her into this and going ahead and basically killing people anyway when she said that she wasn't willing to be a part of that is way not cool (even if he technically didn't kill Slade, come on, he did, whatever). I think because he's not really working with D'Agosta or Hayward, he's getting them to go along with them...and D'Agosta is okay with that, Hayward less so, and it seems like as acknowledgement that she's doing something she really doesn't want to do, the right thing to do would be to cooperate with her morality. She wasn't willing to kill people or get them killed, and he's using her goodwill and her efforts to help him in a way she expressly didn't want, and maybe even partially implicating her.
lol, major tl;dr, but these are extremely morally grey books.