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Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman
by Alan Rickman
This is a bit of a challenging read. For being comprised of AR's personal journals, it can often feel very impersonal. Many entries are simply tallies of what was done that day, who was seen, chores accomplished, etc. In some cases, I learned more from the footnotes than I did from AR's actual writings. (For example, he never mentions his cancer diagnosis. The timing of said diagnosis is only revealed in the footnotes.)
AR is also not an especially loquacious writer, especially at the beginning. The majority of entries are only two or three sentences long, which creates a staccato effect in reading — very much the feeling of stop-and-go traffic. As he went further along, entries did tend to increase in length.
Even so, there are some moments of really beautiful writing. What comes to mind, especially, for me is his words at the passing of his mother and, later, Natasha Richardson.
If you are a hardcore Harry Potter fan only interested in learning his thoughts about playing Snape or reading inside stories on the Golden Trio actors, don't waste your time reading. I would say that less than two percent of this book concerns HP. He speaks kindly of JKR, which leads me to wonder how AR would react to her transphobic rhetoric and behavior. My gut says he would be one of the few older actors speaking out against her opinions.
AR is also not an especially loquacious writer, especially at the beginning. The majority of entries are only two or three sentences long, which creates a staccato effect in reading — very much the feeling of stop-and-go traffic. As he went further along, entries did tend to increase in length.
Even so, there are some moments of really beautiful writing. What comes to mind, especially, for me is his words at the passing of his mother and, later, Natasha Richardson.
If you are a hardcore Harry Potter fan only interested in learning his thoughts about playing Snape or reading inside stories on the Golden Trio actors, don't waste your time reading. I would say that less than two percent of this book concerns HP. He speaks kindly of JKR, which leads me to wonder how AR would react to her transphobic rhetoric and behavior. My gut says he would be one of the few older actors speaking out against her opinions.