I will be honest. I came to this book expecting some sort of sweet young love and yes, it did happen. But at the same time, it is both a depressing and hopeful book all mesh into one that at the end of it all, I can sort out my feelings.
I have so much emotions, thoughts etc from reading this. It was hard on my heart, the theme being one of death and cancer, which both are topics that are so taboo that people don't usually talk about. I mean, you don't go around asking people their thoughts on death, cancer and young lives lost do you?
But this book does just that. It's fiction, it's a narrative. Yet, it triggers your own reflections on your life, on your own thoughts of it all.
Especially Peter Van Hosten. How can one character be so awesome yet so horrible?! You can sympathise with him, but you do hate him for all his blunt and crude remarks too.
The part about cancer patients being failed experiments of evolution...it just hurts. The fragility of it all. How human lives seem so small and insignificant in these whole universe or whole population with billions of people. Some one dies, some one else is born right?
I haven't given much thoughts on death... mostly just being oh I can't take it anymore, I wanna die cos life is so pointless kind of rant... It's different when you talk about death in the point of view as someone who actually has limited time in life.
Reminds me of 'the last lecture' book... all these books are quite hard to stomach, but they are really inspirational...makes me realise how blessed I am.
Am starting on another book, the end of my life book club. will blog on that soon.
On a side note, I'm really sick of group project works. I take classes by myself and I really hate the get into groups part/asking people if I can be in their groups part. It's just... people like to be in cliques and I don't like that. I like freedom, and that doesn't really apply in a group project... will see how it goes. hopefully I can find others who are like me too and we can set up a ragtag group.
Some images of great quotes from the book found from google:
