Nigel Gordon Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Great news, a new story from Cole. That is always something to look forward to. From what we read in the the first chapter we are not going to be disappointed. With his usual skill and grace Cole has created a feeling for both the character of the narrator and the location where he finds himself. I cannot but look forward to reading the coming chapters, though I suspect I am going to have to struggle with the difference between American English and British English. Most of us British readers have grown use to the idea that a Public School in the States is not an elite fee paying educational establishment. Now we have to grasp that a Preparatory School is not an educational institution for under thirteens that prepares them for entry into the Public Schools. Reading this is clearly going to be educational. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Cole seems to take particular glee in ruining the lead character's life in the opening chapters. R Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Reading the first chapter made my blood boil. Link to comment
Lugnutz Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Reading the first chapter made my blood boil. Mine too. I was thinking if he was going to fight or just quit. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Curiouser and curiouser. So where were the house parents of Kenilworth House while those boys were destroying Arrmore's stuff and menacing him personally? I also loved this rejoinder: "And may I ask in return: do you think youre accomplishing those ends here? Developing all aspects of the whole man, not just the academic side? Because what I encountered today was boys who were anything but the type of person you were alluding to. Socially responsible? Hardly. Youre supporting a house full of bullies, boys with no human compassion, no limits on their cruelty and zealous in attacking those unable or unwilling to play their game. How in the world can you defend this in your desire for accommodation? How is this accommodating the kids like myself who dont want to face savagery? R Link to comment
Merkin Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Chapter one, then chapter two: Cole certainly knows how to flip a story. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 And of course from the Department of Foreshadowing we must wonder how the "boy with the devilish eyes" from the end of the first chapter will figure in the later story. R Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Methinks the headmaster is shining him on to appease the board member mom. Any place as out of control as Lord of the Flies House, the inmates are already running the asylum. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Any place as out of control as Lord of the Flies House, the inmates are already running the asylum. Which is why I wonder where the alleged house parents were during the extended episode in front of that house. Seems to me the promised repercussions should include them. R Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Good to see people involved! C Link to comment
ChrisR Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Personally, I think this is the right moment for GI Joe to roll up with a TOW missile and take out the first house. "Any questions, boys?" Link to comment
Hoskins Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 I honk it's time to activate the Mobile Toenail Pulling Squad, myself. You don't want to see what they have in their van. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I'm annoyed that it's 4:10 on Tuesday afternoon and I'm impatiently waiting for chapter 3 to go up overnight. R Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Yes, I certainly understand how prevarication can efface indiscretions. Took the words right out of my mouth. R Link to comment
Lugnutz Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Did a dog sneeze? Link to comment
ChrisR Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Let us eschew obfuscation and revel in the manifestation of Cole's neoteric beneficence. Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I'll drink to that! C Link to comment
Jeff Ellis Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Chapter 3 has lived up to the promise set by 1 and 2... but then who would have expected otherwise, it is a Cole Parker story after all. I can so identify with the anti-hero... or is that un-hero. Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 A stunning red head... now that'll root you to the spot. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Well, my question about the Kennilworth house parents was answered.I think our young protagonist does indeed show strength of character and insight, and I foresee that he will become a force to be reckoned with akin to the student leader in a recent Mihangel story whose name escapes me at the moment. I can very much see him forcefully persuading Dr. Rettington to do or not do something affecting his friends or the school. EDIT: I'm thinking of Leon in the later part of The Scholar's Tale.R Link to comment
vwl Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 And you'd imbibe to that, too. I'll drink to that! C Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Glad to see you're staying in character. Well, Luke's character. C Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Seems like all roads lead to Sutton. Will we never again enconter the boy with devilish eyes from Chapter 1? R Link to comment
ChrisR Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Ya' done it yet another time, Cole. Great reading once more. What I need is a Way-Back machine and a 3-D copier so I can transport me and a copy of Mr. O back to my high school PE class days. I really do like this guy. (I used to sail in Sea Scouts on SF Bay.) Not to mention you've given your character a great roommate. And I damn near fell out of my chair on 'eschew'. Thanks again. Link to comment
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