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I enjoy reading Cooper, despite his wooden, overdrawn characters. His creation of historical fiction is engaging and illuminates the whole book. But some of his passages are overdone to the point of incomprehensible: It's taken me overnight and multiple re-reads to give some sense to Hawk-eye's eulogy of himself in anticipation of extermination by the Mingoes as
— Jan 29, 2026 06:51AM
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Rebecca
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"the pale face, whose eyes can make night as day, and level the clouds to the mists of the springs". So, meaning that his vaunted eyesight soars above the clouds?
— Jan 29, 2026 06:52AM
