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thegreatmissjj

I Am Haunted By Humans

Mar 30, 2008 12:34

Strangely enough, I had a dream last night in which I was a sailor (who looked a lot like Nicolas Cage from the National Treasure movies) on a ship with a captain hellbent on uncovering some mystical artifact for his own nefarious purposes. Except I mislead him with the clues and try and steal the artifact myself and spent most of the dream being ( Read more... )

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pomo__chic March 31 2008, 17:10:59 UTC

Oh man, Liesel and her Papa were what hooked me through the entire book. Maybe because I feel such a strong bond to my dad that was formed through music and words. Any way you slice it, I sobbed harder during the end of that book than I have since the end of His Dark Materials. I'm glad you liked it! It's definitely up there with the better books I've read this year.

thegreatmissjj March 31 2008, 17:20:08 UTC

I rarely cry in books; I sniffled at the end of His Dark Materials (which is like...my favourite young adult fantasy of all time) but I haven't sobbed this hard in a book since the end of Ramona and Her Mother when I was six. OMG. (I cry more easily with movies, possibly because I am a visual person.)

I too, am very close to my dad, so Liesel's relationship to her Papa gutted me. I also really loved Rudy, who was very genuine and real and so like the boys I know when they were 11.