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El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
4.0
BRO FINALLY AN ACTUALLY EXcITING INSTALLMENT
Yeah the pace really picks up in this one.
Things I liked:
- We get more insight into Percy's motivations in this book. We meet Baron de Batz, who is also against the Revolution, but would still sacrifice anything to destroy it, including lives. It's also mentioned that he doesn't bother to save innocent people who aren't distinguished members of the higher class, which is contrasted to Percy. So I'm taking that to mean Percy also saves "unimportant" people. And, of course, the British sporting instinct thing.
- The love interest actually being useful in a certain scene
- The mental image of Percy carrying a sleeping child in his arms???? Literally so hot of him
- This quote:
- The friendship between Andrew and Marguerite is adorable.
Things I disliked:
- Armand. Literally what is wrong with this man.
- Yeah, Armand is stupid, but Percy expecting everyone to obey him without question is also stupid. Andrew Ffoulkes is said to be the most perfect friend Percy would ever have because he trusts him implicitly. Which is cool, but idk maybe it's the Dutchie in me that hates the idea of literally swearing an oath to someone that you will never question them.
- Calling the Prince "the most precious life in Europe". Him being cared for by common people is also looked upon as a disgrace.
- the term "full moist lips"
- the love interest is described as being "a child in all her movements" and she has a "childish mind". This is portrayed as a good thing. These books have such a weird idea of romance. The woman needs to be beautiful and strong and noble, but also innocent and childlike and naive. And the man has to be strong and noble and courageous, but also worship his wife like a goddess and literally kiss her feet.
- The love interest chats about "the discomforts of her own house, now that the servants had been put on perfect equality with their masters". Lol go cry about it.
- After the episode mentioned in the likes section where the love interest's she breaks down and cries about it for actual hours.
- "Womanlike, she was already prepared to hate the man [...] she had hitherto admired" EXCUSE ME. Also all the other random stuff about characters being "but a woman".
- Percy unnecessarily bullies a child into giving him a letter.
- We get a character skip right at the most exciting moment. Don't do that to me it makes me want to stop reading.
- 'With the indifference so peculiar of the local peasantry, these men knew no more of the surrounding country than the twelve or fifteen league circle that was within a walk of their sleepy little town.' Yeah cause they literally have next to no money shut up.
- Percy is actually in danger in this one + gets hurt, which makes everything so much more exciting.
Things I just noticed:
- The original Revolutionists ("the moderate Republicans") are portrayed as having as their "sole and entirely pure aim [...] to free the people of France from the autocratic tyranny of the Bourbons". Later, the power goes from their "clean hands" to folks like Robespierre. Interesting how I never know what opinion the author is going to proclaim when it comes to the Revolution.
- Marguerite
- It is said Percy could not have saved the dupe Prince that died in the Tower because he was in jail but the dupe is said to have died after several weeks and Percy escaped before that
- The Jesus imagery is really not subtle in this one.
Yeah the pace really picks up in this one.
Things I liked:
- We get more insight into Percy's motivations in this book. We meet Baron de Batz, who is also against the Revolution, but would still sacrifice anything to destroy it, including lives. It's also mentioned that he doesn't bother to save innocent people who aren't distinguished members of the higher class, which is contrasted to Percy. So I'm taking that to mean Percy also saves "unimportant" people. And, of course, the British sporting instinct thing.
- The love interest actually being useful in a certain scene
Spoiler
where Armand is about to be caught but her acting chops get them through- The mental image of Percy carrying a sleeping child in his arms???? Literally so hot of him
- This quote:
'Methought you and your kind did not believe in God.'
'No. But you English do.'
'We do. But we do not care to hear His name on your lips.'
- The friendship between Andrew and Marguerite is adorable.
Things I disliked:
- Armand. Literally what is wrong with this man.
Spoiler
Percy tells him specifically not to go out and pick up acquaintances. He does. He stops trusting Percy (which is honestly fair since the man has the communication skills of a safe) but it's still annoying.- Yeah, Armand is stupid, but Percy expecting everyone to obey him without question is also stupid. Andrew Ffoulkes is said to be the most perfect friend Percy would ever have because he trusts him implicitly. Which is cool, but idk maybe it's the Dutchie in me that hates the idea of literally swearing an oath to someone that you will never question them.
- Calling the Prince "the most precious life in Europe". Him being cared for by common people is also looked upon as a disgrace.
- the term "full moist lips"
- the love interest is described as being "a child in all her movements" and she has a "childish mind". This is portrayed as a good thing. These books have such a weird idea of romance. The woman needs to be beautiful and strong and noble, but also innocent and childlike and naive. And the man has to be strong and noble and courageous, but also worship his wife like a goddess and literally kiss her feet.
- The love interest chats about "the discomforts of her own house, now that the servants had been put on perfect equality with their masters". Lol go cry about it.
- After the episode mentioned in the likes section where the love interest's
Spoiler
acting skills get them through a nasty situation- "Womanlike, she was already prepared to hate the man [...] she had hitherto admired" EXCUSE ME. Also all the other random stuff about characters being "but a woman".
- Percy unnecessarily bullies a child into giving him a letter.
- We get a character skip right at the most exciting moment. Don't do that to me it makes me want to stop reading.
- 'With the indifference so peculiar of the local peasantry, these men knew no more of the surrounding country than the twelve or fifteen league circle that was within a walk of their sleepy little town.' Yeah cause they literally have next to no money shut up.
- Percy is actually in danger in this one + gets hurt, which makes everything so much more exciting.
Things I just noticed:
- The original Revolutionists ("the moderate Republicans") are portrayed as having as their "sole and entirely pure aim [...] to free the people of France from the autocratic tyranny of the Bourbons". Later, the power goes from their "clean hands" to folks like Robespierre. Interesting how I never know what opinion the author is going to proclaim when it comes to the Revolution.
- Marguerite
Spoiler
goes to France to die together with her husband, because that plan has worked out so well before. But tbh, she's actually useful this time because Chauvelin is stupid enough to let her have a private moment with Percy while he's in prison.- It is said Percy could not have saved the dupe Prince that died in the Tower because he was in jail but the dupe is said to have died after several weeks and Percy escaped before that
- The Jesus imagery is really not subtle in this one.