As soon as protagonist Jess changes from her travelling clothes into white commune overalls, you know it’s an impractical decision. Sure enough, a little later the pristine linen has been spattered with mud and blood stains that no detergent will shift, and she’s jogging barefoot through forests and mines doing who knows what damage to her soles. It’s hard not to feel her pain, or her shivering cold when a storm draws in. But you also can’t help wondering why she doesn’t return to her original outfit, or at least put her shoes on again, during the frequent visits to base camp.
Such stretches of logic matter little in isolation, of course, but in
