tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post112629606099096654..comments2023-08-10T16:06:35.452+01:00Comments on Scholar's Blog: The Sea of Trolls - Nancy FarmerMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1126331251700473902005-09-10T06:47:00.000+01:002005-09-10T06:47:00.000+01:00I can't say that I noticed the plot wandering at a...I can't say that I noticed the plot wandering at all - I was too gripped ! :-D<BR/><BR/>Yes I liked the suggestion that Trolls really existed - and the reference to Jack and Jill of nursery rhyme fame (esp. Jack's assurance to Thorgil/Jill that her poem would last far longer than anyone else's !) I thought it was interesting that both Jack and Thorgil were thinking that they would have to sacrifice a limb or their life for the sake of drinking from the Well, only to find it was something far different, and in Thorgil's case, something a lot more intangible. <BR/><BR/>A brilliant book which I will have to add to my Wants list !Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1126302641143158232005-09-09T22:50:00.000+01:002005-09-09T22:50:00.000+01:00I liked the book for all the reasons you mention, ...I liked the book for all the reasons you mention, but also because Farmer hints that trolls really might have existed - she leaves it as an open question!<BR/><BR/>Also, the Jack and Jill allusion was great, especially the idea of how, in giving up what they each <I>think</I> they want most, they wind up getting what they <I>really</I> want. Although overall the plot seemed to wander a bit too much for me - but that seems to be characteristic of her writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com