05.15.07
Meet Samantha: More Thoughts
I like the interactions between Samantha and Nellie, especially when Samantha gives up her doll at the end and has a large basket of food sent with Nellie for her family. I find the plot with Jessie rather unsatisfying, though. It’s incredibly unclear how much time passed between Jessie leaving and Samantha and Nellie sneaking out to see her, but it couldn’t possibly have been long. So when was Nathaniel born, exactly? And why, when Samantha blurted out that she knew about the baby in front of her uncle did her grandmother give in so fast? That scene seemed very un-Victorian!