1. the language
earlier English seems to be more polite, and there is lesser, sometimes none, vulgar found in these type of books. their sentence structure is also unique and wind up in a way that is complicated yet simple to understand. like Shakespeare, you know?
2. the setting
so far, all the books i'd read that were set in the 19th century had interesting settings, like a time machine [The Double Shadow] and World War II [Annexed].
3. the story plot
always interesting. there are seldom any books which totally focus on love as its foreground. the books i'd read would have the main plot focus on something less common, like time travel or war, like in the books which i had mentioned above. maybe there would be a sprinkle of love in the sidelines but that would be it.
4. the characters
i love everything about them. their names, their clothing [which would be amazing only if the authors managed to depict that well], the way they speak... it's just so lovely.
that there's my current book, which is set in the eighteenth century! it has lived up to my standards of earlier century books so far. maybe even better, since it's way before the mid 19th century books which i've read. wowee. so excited to read it to the end.
simply said, i love books which are not set in the 20th century. not gonna mention any titles, but even though these books were good, i didn't really like some common settings of college, high school, or college/high school parties [which are abundant, believe it or not].
maybe those books are written for the adults to know more about teenagers. well if that's the case, then i'll be glad to read books set in earlier times to learn more about our senior citizens or ancestors.
and speaking of which, i met up with my maternal grandfather today, to have a little dinner before making a trip to Geylang to get some house decor items. o, how i love the way he laughs. and the little old woman who served us our chicken rice was lovely, too!, the way she laughs!
okay, maybe a little confession now. i just don't favour the way youngsters are turning out these days. i know i'm not any better, and that i'm a horrible youth myself, but yeah.
plus, i think people were dressed way better in the early days. i love wearing baju kurung. the traditional kind, or the kain songket [i love those]. as long as they don't have too much modern twists to it.
also, there were those times when ladies wouldn't wear jeans or shorts at all. just cute dresses or skirts that are not too short. neither too boyish nor sexy, you know? although i have never really lived in those times, i think i'd prefer it that way.
what's more, in this century, there exist people who do not have the confidence to wear dresses or longer skirts, one of the reasons being because it is not in style or whatnot.
just imagine if we are still in the times when jeans for females hadn't been invented, and wearing sweet skirts/dresses would be an everyday thing and you wouldn't feel so uncomfortable.
that's talking about myself, i guess. if dresses were a casual thing, i wouldn't be having so much difficulty just putting on a dress and walking outside.
well o well. i better stop shooting my mouth off here.
o, wait. one more reason i don't like this era: the music. enough said. [although i do listen to some annoying music occasionally, like DJ Fortify's PewDiePie soundtrack. e.g. my current blog song]
and here is a song for you.
i managed to download Ib. am SO in love with the game and the beautiful soundtrack!
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