Recommended by Michael Connelly in an interview and then mentioned in Resurrection Walk. Good start--about 10% done. Two gamers in Boston, Sam at Harvard and Sadie at MIT. Past history when Sadie's sister was in Children's Hospital in LA with leukemia and Sam was in same hospital with broken bones in foot after car accident. Sam non-communicative, but talks to Sadie. She then "uses" him as her community service for her Bat Mitzvah requirement, though she really does see him as a friend.
"To all humankind, Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends, she was only a frequently passing thought." Angel Clare is a good character. He's "enlightened," in so many ways, but when Tess's confesses her "crime," he reverts to ancestral form . . . Tess's "confession" comes earlier than I expected, right after Angel reveals that he has had a bad moment with a woman. Tess points out the similarity in their transgressions, though his is the only true transgression, expecting forgiveness. She doesn't get it. She returns to her mother . . . realizes she can't stay with her. Thoughts to suicide. Unhappiness that divorce is not possible. Departs. Tragic in that the two, if Angel could just see clearly, would indeed be a great couple, each adding to the other. Nature as a definite force involved in the tragedy. It's not neutral--when things go bad, the very skies mock Tess. Tess as unaware of the power of her bea...
Comments
Post a Comment