tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854757878784277532.post6830540051243759511..comments2023-04-13T05:47:19.488-05:00Comments on New York Times Notable Book Challenge: The Inhabited World - Amy's ReviewSycorax Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734754573631273474noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854757878784277532.post-82116747403936694372007-03-13T15:18:00.000-05:002007-03-13T15:18:00.000-05:00I think I've always been interested in the way tur...I think I've always been interested in the way turning points in our lives can hinge on simple small moments. Evan knows that there are depressions that are utterly black and unable to be withstood. He realizes that his isn't that kind. His was "surmountable," he says. He just didn't surmount it. It's sort of like what happened once in the mountains just east of the valley where I lived in Montana: a small plane carrying two people crashed and both were killed--but it had come so close to making it over the ridge that the engine landed on the other side. I knew someone who was at the scene as a member of Search and Rescue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854757878784277532.post-79660605154370345842007-03-05T16:17:00.000-05:002007-03-05T16:17:00.000-05:00SPOILERY STUFF AHEAD>>>AVERT YOUR EYES...I think y...SPOILERY STUFF AHEAD>>>AVERT YOUR EYES...<BR/><BR/><BR/>I think you are right, <B>Amy</B>. If Evan had been able to keep Janey in his life (despite all of her baggage..i.e. daddy issues) he never would have killed himself. <BR/><BR/>Especially because he saw first hand how suicide can impact the people who are left behind. He never would have done that to Janey.kookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994570192941993135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854757878784277532.post-13873951006721246972007-03-05T15:04:00.000-05:002007-03-05T15:04:00.000-05:00Wendy: I hope you enjoy it!WARNING!!! MORE SPOILER...Wendy: I hope you enjoy it!<BR/><BR/>WARNING!!! MORE SPOILERY DISCUSSION!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Kookie: That was the biggest thing that intrigued me about this book. How some people face huge obstacles and emerge stronger while people like Evan "live a charmed life" as his mom said and still he gave up. <BR/><BR/>I wondered the same thing about Evan and Maureen. I didn't understand how Claudia was so quick to give up on Evan either and I thought that helping her with Janey may have given him purpose to keep trying.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08134658141375355475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854757878784277532.post-45862863094620603252007-03-04T22:16:00.000-05:002007-03-04T22:16:00.000-05:00WARNING!!MILD SPOILERY STUFF AHEAD:I thought it wa...WARNING!!<BR/>MILD SPOILERY STUFF AHEAD:<BR/><BR/>I thought it was interesting how Evan killed himself because he couldn't handle all the small disappointments in his life, but Maureen had a truly horrible, shattering thing happen to her and she became stronger. It's too bad Evan and Maureen didn't meet while he was still alive, maybe she could have saved him.kookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994570192941993135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854757878784277532.post-66607586174127462492007-03-04T20:35:00.000-05:002007-03-04T20:35:00.000-05:00You are the second person in the group to read thi...You are the second person in the group to read this who liked it...it is not the type of book I would normally pick up, but I must admit to being intrigued by it. I will be reading this I hope sometime in the next couple of months. Thanks for posting your review!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332796775305098552noreply@blogger.com