About Cold Comfort Farm

So there was one thing in particular that confused me about Cold Comfort Farm. I don't understand why she chose to set it a little while into the future. She made a few predictions, like the personal planes as though they were cars. But I don't understand what that added to the story. I like the book, but it didn't make sense to have it set in the future when it was such a minor thing over all. I think it would've been better if she'd just set it in the present at the time. The future setting was just kind of distracting for me. I thought it would be a bigger deal than it ended up being. That's really my only significant criticism of the book. Other than that, I really enjoyed the bit with the church. I thought the joke with the butter was hilarious, and the overall dry humor was great.