It was top heavy, an inverted pyramid, like that of a direct news. Everything is dramatized in the first few pages. It's like watching a very painfully slow telenobela... too many words, skipped too many pages of babbles. In the end, there is no twist. It is what it is. I was left with "that's it?!", after excitedly rushing through its pages to finish it before the break of dawn.
But the emotions that tore the characters apart is very well written. I could pretty much picture a movie scene. How can a father just do that to her own daughter? How can a couple so in love would gradually fall out of love? How can a stranger love you without conditions? How long can you hold on to a secret? How far are you willing to cover the truth? How much more are you going to sacrifice just to keep the lies?
And then the angle of being a memory keeper, the photographer, is something really strong. An element with so much creativity. Camera, chambre', secrets and magic... things not always what they seem. It's the main characters life trapped and filed perfectly in his dark room... waiting to be revealed.
How well do you know your loved ones? Do you know their dreams? Do you know their struggles? Do you know their fears? Do you know what brought them here? Do you know what tickles their fancy? When they die, will it matter to you?
But the emotions that tore the characters apart is very well written. I could pretty much picture a movie scene. How can a father just do that to her own daughter? How can a couple so in love would gradually fall out of love? How can a stranger love you without conditions? How long can you hold on to a secret? How far are you willing to cover the truth? How much more are you going to sacrifice just to keep the lies?
And then the angle of being a memory keeper, the photographer, is something really strong. An element with so much creativity. Camera, chambre', secrets and magic... things not always what they seem. It's the main characters life trapped and filed perfectly in his dark room... waiting to be revealed.
How well do you know your loved ones? Do you know their dreams? Do you know their struggles? Do you know their fears? Do you know what brought them here? Do you know what tickles their fancy? When they die, will it matter to you?
3 comments:
im still reading the book i started reading last year:-( i could not even finish that blasted paperback...how lame:-(
i love this book, T! it was jane's christmas gift to me. =)
nakapanghinuktok ko sa imong questions.
CHEL, sayon ra kaayo i summarize ang storya! hehehe! i think that book is written para himuong salida.
SIROY, lagi mura gyud ug si kinsa na pilosopo kaayo ko?
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