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 Taming the Beast - Emily Maguire
Newest Review: ... as a civilised adult. In contrast Sarah's best friend, Jamie, has his soul bared for all to see. Sarah sees Jamie as ... more  ... childlike companion, and he is lessened because of this. Jamie is a very likeable character, and I felt great pity for him. Sarah's treatment of him does cheapen her more than her sexual promiscuity.
Ultimately Jamie is the most realistic central character in the book. In many ways his feelings for Sarah are similar to hers for Daniel, however Jamie exists to take care of those around him. He is ultimately torn apart trying to play the good, dutiful husband to Shelly, while wishing she were Sarah. His torment seeing ...more |
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Taming the Beast - Emily Maguire: Too much too young (1018 words)
by - written on 17/01/09 (Very useful, 48 readings)
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The outline premise of Taming The Beast is of love, and how unrequited or uncontrolled it can have life changing consequences. The storyteller in Taming The Beast is Sarah, who at the age of fourteen has an affair with her adult English teacher, Daniel Carr. Sarah leaves home young, and the majority of the novel is set in her early 20s, where she is living a solitary life, filled with lovers and literature, her only constant her childhood friend Jamie. However Emily Maguire avoids the predictable route of idealising Sarah as a poor corrupted innocent, and instead Sarah becomes a character more akin to Lolita. I have to tried to avoid spoilers in this review, however the ... Read the complete review
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