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... is a book that I would not recommend to anyone. However, it did have a moment that made me laugh - though I do not know if I would laugh again reading it afresh. "I like Pittsburgh," Phoebe said. "My mother says it has a lot of stairs, but I like it." "I might move there," Paul said. "What do you think?" "That would be nice," Phoebe said. "You could come to my wedding." Then she sighed. "A wedding costs a lot of money. It's not fair." Paul nodded. It wasn't fair, no. None of it was fair. Not the challenges Phoebe faced in a world that didn't welcome her, not the relative ease of his own life, not what their father had done-none of it. He suddenly, urgently, wanted to give Phoebe any wedding she wanted. Or at least a cake. It would be such a small gesture against everything else. "You could elope," he suggested. Phoebe considered this, turning a green plastic bracelet on her wrist. "No," she said. "We wouldn't have a cake." The things I dislike. -the unnecessary wordiness. We already know all the unfair things that Phoebe faces. If Edwards just told us that Paul was thinking about how unfair it was, I'm sure we would have known just what that meant. -somehow, the wife is extolled. Her husband was demonised for one single impulsive sin while she, who keeps on choosing to sin, is glorified. He sinned once, and regretted it and did all he could to repent, even if the magnitude was extensive. She sinned, found she liked it, and kept doing it. And we're supposed to like her more? -Rosemary was clearly introduced solely as a plot driver. I loved her, but Edwards did not create her to exist unto herself. This makes me sad and feel like Rosemary's been ripped off. How can such a prominent and catalystic character appear just to disappear a few chapters later? It seems to me that Edwards isn't making some commentary about how such significant people in life often aren't around for long: instead, it seems to me that in a story that she's put so much effort into making round, she's given us a flat Rosemary. -And then she killed David! Why?!!?!??! I liked him!!! I'll tell you why. Cause she wanted to have Mrs. Adultery run off with a new man because Edwards herself didn't forgive David >=[ Okay, maybe I'm getting a bit over-passionate about this. But I was certainly upset when David died. He was the only character I *really* liked. Post a comment in response: |
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