Wednesday, February 24, 2010

And so it has ended

Alright, I'm finished the book. Phew! And yes MyAmericanFriend, it did get circus-ee right at the end. When the mentally ill heroine carves the name of the hero into her skin, and sits there in the middle of her gargoyle statues, covered in dust, bleeding to death. Melodramatico.

There was one line in the book that I liked, however. It's from another burn victim, speaking to our hero:

"And just when you start thinking that you've accepted who you are, that changes too. Because who you are is not permanent."

I like that. Not in a burn patient way, but for anyone. I'm not sure if I think it's true, but it's an interesting, thought-provoking line. The only one in the book.

2 comments:

Kristin said...

Ewwww...

Re "who you are is not permanent": I mean, people change and grow, and I don't think I'm exactly the same person I was ten years ago, or even three years ago. What I don't like about what I'm reading about it is this "seeking personal redemption" narrative. More on this in below thread.

London Mabel said...

There's some self-conscious treatment of the convention of "personal redemption" in the book, it's not done uncritically. I do think the author ultimately fails, though.

But for that quote, I just liked it in and of itself.

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