[ SECRET POST #6981 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6981 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Something new (to you) that you enjoyed

[(Anonymous)]

Oh man yeah, it was so good. It honored his position-- and his own alluded to religious trauma-- while still having him *respect* Jud's faith, because despite his annoyance at several points, he was in a place where he could see that this was a man not only trying not to use faith as a cudgel against others, but trying to repair that relationship between religion and those who might have been burned by it? I loved that it had a really nuanced and human look at the good and bad sides of faith/religion... and that positive look at being non-religious, not having that waver just because he meets one good priest, having his belief specifically be in HUMAN kindness/decency.

Too often if you DO have a character whose lack of religion never wavers, it's because they're a specific brand of atheist, and for a lesser writer I think it would be very easy to have a detective fall into that mold, being too smugly logical for a belief in something that can't be measured, but then, Blanc *isn't* someone whose reliance on logic leads him to discount what can't be measured-- he also relies on his instincts around people, and all those gut things that have to be circled back to once more information is obtained. He just does not have and will not have a relationship with the church or faith in God, and making his *peace* with the subject doesn't mean he has to believe in any of it.

Also the mystery was a LOT of fun, but that's what I've expected from Rian Johnson since Brick.

Re: Something new (to you) that you enjoyed

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I think that's the thing that really sets Blanc apart, his belief in humanity and his evaluation of people. He loves solving crimes, but he's so good at it that it's not his primary objective anymore. He seems to spend most of his intellect figuring out who deserves his compassion and how to give it to them (while still solving the crime).

Re: Something new (to you) that you enjoyed

[(Anonymous)]

Well said!