Great point. Plus, we all needed someone else to associate fly fishing with other than "A River Run Through It." Awful movie, not sure if the book was any better.Kieran_Obrien wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 16:34 Does Harry Potter need wizards? Does Twilight need vampires? Does the Fault in Our Stars need cancer? Does Moby Dick need whales?
It doesn't really matter! We read these stories for the characters; their wants and needs, their personality and flaws. The rest is all still very important, buts it's just the clothes the story wears. Often it's what makes the story original! I don't know of a single other book about fly fishing for example!
Take our fly fishers out of The Reel Sisters and plonk them into Westeros and you still have a story about friendship.
Would the story have worked as well without fly fishing?
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Re: Would the story have worked as well without fly fishing?
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Yeah in all fairness it's hard to make the high-octane sport of fly fishing all that dramatic when I first read a synopsis of the book I thought that the person they pulled out of the river was dead and it was going to be a fly fishing murder mysteryCommMayo wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 12:40Great point. Plus, we all needed someone else to associate fly fishing with other than "A River Run Through It." Awful movie, not sure if the book was any better.Kieran_Obrien wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 16:34 Does Harry Potter need wizards? Does Twilight need vampires? Does the Fault in Our Stars need cancer? Does Moby Dick need whales?
It doesn't really matter! We read these stories for the characters; their wants and needs, their personality and flaws. The rest is all still very important, buts it's just the clothes the story wears. Often it's what makes the story original! I don't know of a single other book about fly fishing for example!
Take our fly fishers out of The Reel Sisters and plonk them into Westeros and you still have a story about friendship.
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It's funny, I also thought the person from the river was going to be dead and that would create the main plot! I didn't know if it was going to turn into a mystery, but I thought that scene was introducing the central storyline. Instead, it was just a way to add another friend into the mix.Kieran_Obrien wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 15:07Yeah in all fairness it's hard to make the high-octane sport of fly fishing all that dramatic when I first read a synopsis of the book I thought that the person they pulled out of the river was dead and it was going to be a fly fishing murder mysteryCommMayo wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 12:40Great point. Plus, we all needed someone else to associate fly fishing with other than "A River Run Through It." Awful movie, not sure if the book was any better.Kieran_Obrien wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 16:34 Does Harry Potter need wizards? Does Twilight need vampires? Does the Fault in Our Stars need cancer? Does Moby Dick need whales?
It doesn't really matter! We read these stories for the characters; their wants and needs, their personality and flaws. The rest is all still very important, buts it's just the clothes the story wears. Often it's what makes the story original! I don't know of a single other book about fly fishing for example!
Take our fly fishers out of The Reel Sisters and plonk them into Westeros and you still have a story about friendship.
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I wish they would have replaced it with something else. Fly fishing was a turnoff for me.Lest92 wrote: ↑10 Feb 2018, 14:14 As mentioned above, the fly fishing could have been replaced by some other outdoorsy activity people bond over - the intention I think is the author's focus on the formation of friendships, not necessarily fly fishing itself, though, for this specific story, that's what connected the women. I imagine something like hiking or outdoor photography might have worked just as well.
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What type of hobby do you think would have worked in its place? I'll admit to not being a huge fan of fly fishing either, but I do enjoy almost any past time that gets people outside.HeatherTasker wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 21:55I wish they would have replaced it with something else. Fly fishing was a turnoff for me.Lest92 wrote: ↑10 Feb 2018, 14:14 As mentioned above, the fly fishing could have been replaced by some other outdoorsy activity people bond over - the intention I think is the author's focus on the formation of friendships, not necessarily fly fishing itself, though, for this specific story, that's what connected the women. I imagine something like hiking or outdoor photography might have worked just as well.
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I'm not sure what hobby would have worked in this story besides fly fishing. It's not like a book club where most of the time is spent discussing the book. There's not a lot of time for chit-chat with other sports such as tennis or baseball. With fly fishing, you are just standing there together for long periods and there's lots of free time to bond.CommMayo wrote: ↑26 Feb 2018, 10:33What type of hobby do you think would have worked in its place? I'll admit to not being a huge fan of fly fishing either, but I do enjoy almost any past time that gets people outside.HeatherTasker wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 21:55I wish they would have replaced it with something else. Fly fishing was a turnoff for me.Lest92 wrote: ↑10 Feb 2018, 14:14 As mentioned above, the fly fishing could have been replaced by some other outdoorsy activity people bond over - the intention I think is the author's focus on the formation of friendships, not necessarily fly fishing itself, though, for this specific story, that's what connected the women. I imagine something like hiking or outdoor photography might have worked just as well.
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Good point. There are also elements of it being a rare sport/hobby without really excluding anyone... I'm not sure. I'll have to think about this.bookowlie wrote: ↑26 Feb 2018, 11:10I'm not sure what hobby would have worked in this story besides fly fishing. It's not like a book club where most of the time is spent discussing the book. There's not a lot of time for chit-chat with other sports such as tennis or baseball. With fly fishing, you are just standing there together for long periods and there's lots of free time to bond.CommMayo wrote: ↑26 Feb 2018, 10:33What type of hobby do you think would have worked in its place? I'll admit to not being a huge fan of fly fishing either, but I do enjoy almost any past time that gets people outside.HeatherTasker wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 21:55
I wish they would have replaced it with something else. Fly fishing was a turnoff for me.
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