And now the follow-up.
My least favourite of all the tales would have to be Malcolm Lowry's "Gin and Goldenrod". The narrative was too pretentious for my taste, by far and Sigbjorn's treatment of Primrose was far too condescending. Coupled with the fact that Primrose seems like a complete twit, doting on Sigbjorn the way she does. I could not connect to the characters on any level, let alone get past the diction's pretension. I simply hated this story. Period. The End.
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But what aptly summarises North Vancouver more than long walks to acquire a bottle of gin? Besides, Primrose's romantic admiration of her lover was downright adorable (or perhaps that's just the voice of a hopeless romantic speaking).
You could also add the hypocrisy of the main character who criticized the destruction of nature but contributed nothing positive to the world to list of things not to like. Apart from the fact that there was nothing redeeming in the interaction between the two characters, or in actual content. I found Lowry's descritpion of the setting confusing at the beginning.
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