tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post8069323720429701661..comments2024-02-27T10:50:27.922+00:00Comments on Books, Mud and Compost. And Horses.: Christine Pullein-ThompsonJane Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-18301972407475384292007-11-18T11:33:00.000+00:002007-11-18T11:33:00.000+00:00Just had another thought. It would be interesting...Just had another thought. It would be interesting to know what Christine's sale figures were for her later books - whether they sold better than the earlier titles.Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-49640272213955297492007-11-18T11:32:00.000+00:002007-11-18T11:32:00.000+00:00It's interesting both of you think the same. I do...It's interesting both of you think the same. I don't feel the same way about Diana though and I guess from what you both say that neither of you do too. Maybe Diana's characters are a bit more accepting of what's happening to them? I'm thinking of This Pony is Dangerous where the heroine isn't cast into utter gloom by the situation with her parents. Christine's characters - well, some of them, I suppose - seem much more hopeless. Maybe I liked the fact Diana's characters fought back a bit more.<BR/><BR/>Haffyfan I do know what you mean about distressing. Follyfoot I always found very very hard to read - though I didn't mind Monica Dickens' World's End at all - in fact I loved them - and they have animals who are rescued. Maybe with Follyfoot there was an undertow of hopelessness to it all. I don't know. I must read them again and think about it!Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-61060955635107113602007-11-17T23:16:00.000+00:002007-11-17T23:16:00.000+00:00I agree with haffyfan, you have hit the nail on th...I agree with haffyfan, you have hit the nail on the head.<BR/><BR/>However, I think both the sisters are dark (it must be a twin thing), just that they tackle it in different ways. Diana is a bit more morbid, her books are full of accidents, and to a certain extent, deaths galore. Christine doesnt tackle death and accidents in quite the same frequency as Diana, but it's still there.<BR/><BR/>I am not familiar with "A Pony In Distress" (it's one I need to get hold of for myself), though.<BR/><BR/>I am a bit like you, it wasnt until this century (2001) I lived in a town, I spent my whole childhood in the country. My parents arent poor either, but not uber rich (never had a pony).pullein-thompson-archivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875692220143559727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-49554223966882495402007-11-17T18:23:00.000+00:002007-11-17T18:23:00.000+00:00I think you may have hit the nail on the head...I ...I think you may have hit the nail on the head...I have often wondered why I did not like so many of Christine's books whereas I love both her sisters works and I think it is because so many are ouside my comfort zone too. Her books are much 'darker' in undertone than her sisters and some are 'dark' to the point of distressing (Ponies in The Forest etc). I do love Phantom Horse, Black Pony Inn (although some of them are rather full of doom and gloom), The hunting trilogy and David and Pat trilogy though. The Impossible Horse didn't really leave any impression on me, I quite liked it but it didn't stand out as anything special, but I did only read it for the first time last year and all my favourites are books I loved growing up.haffyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11694991643642600517noreply@blogger.com