The language is beautifully crafted throughout, the major and minor characters are vibrant and the descriptions of the countryside around the village of Slad where he lives the majority of his childhood ‘like living in a bean pod’ ( p.33). Why do I love it so much? Probably for the same reasons as other people – it sold over six million copies and received fabulous reviews when first published in 1959, and the centenary of Laurie Lee’s birth last year brought a fresh tide of positive accolades. Every time I read it I find different parts to enjoy. This is one of my all- time favourite books that I first read when I was about sixteen and have returned to many times since. Just because the assault doesn't happen "to completion," the planning of it makes me feel like I just got a pair of special sunglasses à la "They Live," in which the protagonist can finally see things the way the actually are and suddenly I don't feel so nostalgic for the small Cotswold village.Posted on I've been thinking about why I love Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee And while "nothing happens" from the author's perspective, what about the girl's? Did she still walk that path? Did she still feel safe going out alone? It breaks my heart to think about.
But the whole time they are plotting was just so unsettling for me to read because I read it from the perspective of the girl who goes walking along the same route, feeling perfectly safe, having no idea that the boys in her village are watching and plotting and think nothing about her.
Some people think this is kind of humorous because the girl simply slaps the boys and they all run away like big scaredy-cats. I could then medium enjoy the vignettes contained within until.late in the book a group of boys plan to gang rape a local girl. But eventually I got used to the gravelly old man voice and even if I didn't grow to like it, at least it didn't bother me as much. Oh what a lovely description of growing up in a small Cotswold village after WWI, where times were simpler and-SCREECH-Hey lads, who wants to plan a gang rape! When I started this I thought the worst thing I would have to say about it was that "authors shouldn't automatically be allowed to read their own works." And how.
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