I do like that about it a lot - although really, character growth is a hallmark of Gilman's books overall. One can hardly say that Mrs. Pollifax hasn't changed by the end of her first novel.
I think my problem with Uncertain Voyage is, frankly, that problem of knowing slightly too much. As someone who works in mental health, some bits of the story make me itch a little. I suspect that they're less authorial issues and more differences of era - hence why I said I felt it had aged less gracefully - but I'd have to do some real research on how schizophrenia was perceived, diagnosed, and treated at the time when the novel was written before I'd know that, which I haven't done.
I've commented on other occasions that it's perfectly possible for me to blithely tolerate outright authorial exaggeration, misrepresentation, or ignorance, if only it's on subjects I know nothing about. It's when they get onto my turf that I get edgy. UV is much better than many things I've read (or, er, tried to read) on that count, just close enough to make it not my personal favorite.
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Re: For start...
Date: 2008-07-05 05:22 pm (UTC)I think my problem with Uncertain Voyage is, frankly, that problem of knowing slightly too much. As someone who works in mental health, some bits of the story make me itch a little. I suspect that they're less authorial issues and more differences of era - hence why I said I felt it had aged less gracefully - but I'd have to do some real research on how schizophrenia was perceived, diagnosed, and treated at the time when the novel was written before I'd know that, which I haven't done.
I've commented on other occasions that it's perfectly possible for me to blithely tolerate outright authorial exaggeration, misrepresentation, or ignorance, if only it's on subjects I know nothing about. It's when they get onto my turf that I get edgy. UV is much better than many things I've read (or, er, tried to read) on that count, just close enough to make it not my personal favorite.