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I read a book.
Heart on my Sleeve.
The title jumped out at me because I do. Wear my heart on my sleeve that is. This story is about an eighteen year old girl who is in her last summer before college.
+ Trouble letting go of her stead boyfriend.
+ Worried about losing her friends forever.
+ Sad about counseling her least year at a camp.
+ Stressed about her college.
The normal teenage worries of a female moving on in life. However, the reason I kept reading the book was one simple factor.
She meets a guy and keeps up a relationship.. over e-mail.
Yes, this whole story is told through e-mails, IMs, and letters. This girl and the boy she falls in love with have a beautiful relationship. Finally the time comes for him to stay in her house with her for five days. You can imagine their excitement.
You don't read anything inbetween when she e-mails her sister to tell her tomorrow is the great day to when she e-mails her sister and talks about his stay.
It.
Was.
A.
Disaster.
They were awkward around each other the whole time. Barely talked at all. Had no fun. And basically argued while he was walking towards his flight home. The last two things you read are the e-mail she sends him saying she wishses they could have had a better ending. He responds with:
You're right. Let's rewrite the ending. Quick hug. Cheek kiss. It was nice to meet you. Have a nice life. Goodbye, Chloe.
-Julian
At first, I was pissed. The ending absolutely sucked. I was expecting a full blown "they-live-happily-ever-after-ending." Cliche, yes. But it's what you really expect. However, at a second thought I liked this ending much more than I would have any other. They way the author tied up the loose ends gave me a cold slap of reality.
Things do not always end happily.
I'd love to think that everything in my life is going to end the way I want it to. Happily Ever After. But this book, along with various other things, has shown me recently that I can't expect that. Things in life are going to go the way they do, happily or not, and I am going to have to cope with it. Not whine and cry because I've lost this or messed up that.
Just a revelation. Life sure does suck sometimes.
Heart on my Sleeve.
The title jumped out at me because I do. Wear my heart on my sleeve that is. This story is about an eighteen year old girl who is in her last summer before college.
+ Trouble letting go of her stead boyfriend.
+ Worried about losing her friends forever.
+ Sad about counseling her least year at a camp.
+ Stressed about her college.
The normal teenage worries of a female moving on in life. However, the reason I kept reading the book was one simple factor.
She meets a guy and keeps up a relationship.. over e-mail.
Yes, this whole story is told through e-mails, IMs, and letters. This girl and the boy she falls in love with have a beautiful relationship. Finally the time comes for him to stay in her house with her for five days. You can imagine their excitement.
You don't read anything inbetween when she e-mails her sister to tell her tomorrow is the great day to when she e-mails her sister and talks about his stay.
It.
Was.
A.
Disaster.
They were awkward around each other the whole time. Barely talked at all. Had no fun. And basically argued while he was walking towards his flight home. The last two things you read are the e-mail she sends him saying she wishses they could have had a better ending. He responds with:
You're right. Let's rewrite the ending. Quick hug. Cheek kiss. It was nice to meet you. Have a nice life. Goodbye, Chloe.
-Julian
At first, I was pissed. The ending absolutely sucked. I was expecting a full blown "they-live-happily-ever-after-ending." Cliche, yes. But it's what you really expect. However, at a second thought I liked this ending much more than I would have any other. They way the author tied up the loose ends gave me a cold slap of reality.
Things do not always end happily.
I'd love to think that everything in my life is going to end the way I want it to. Happily Ever After. But this book, along with various other things, has shown me recently that I can't expect that. Things in life are going to go the way they do, happily or not, and I am going to have to cope with it. Not whine and cry because I've lost this or messed up that.
Just a revelation. Life sure does suck sometimes.