I READ SEVERANCE IN FULL ON MAY 9, 2023. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY MONTHS IT TOOK ME TO READ MY SECOND BOOK OF THE YEAR. OOPS. I READ THIS ONE ON THE PLANE AGAIN. IT TOOK MY 3 HOURS TO FINISH.
I'VE BEEN TRYONG TO READ SEVERANCE FOR A WHILE AND THE FURTHEST I MADE IT LAST TIME WAS CHAPTER 8 I THINK. BUT NOW I'VE FINALLY FINISHED IT. I WAS SURPRISED BY HOW EASY I FOUND IT TO BE ACTUALLY. THE LANGUAGE MA USES WAS SO STRAIGHTFORWARD. THIS TIME AROUND, I ALSO FOUND MYSELF RELATING TO THE MAIN CHARACTER MORE. I GUESS I HAVE GROWN IN THE PAST YEAR. ESPECIALLY HER LOVE LIFE OH MY GOD. I WAS LIKE THIS IS SUCH A MOOD. AND I FELT LIKE I GOT IT. BEING A GIRL IN THE CITY. HAVING PRIVILEGES BUT KIND OF SQUANDERING THEM. WANTING TO DO SOMETHING BUT OFFICE LIFE GETTING YOU DOWN. YEAH ALL THIS NAIVETY AND STUFF. I'VE BEEN FEELING IT. DIDN'T DIG SUPER DEEP INTO ANYTHING. BUT IT WAS SWEET. THE ENDING WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME. OVERALL I'D SAY THIS WAS A 7/10.
SPOILERS: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ENDING FIRST. I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT THE TAKEAWAY? I THINK I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT CHOICE. I FEEL LIKE THE BOOK'S PLOT WASN'T PARTICULARLY SURPRISING BUT IT WAS STILL FUN TO WATCH THE JOURNEY UNFOLD. WE KNEW FROM THE START THE SURVIVORS WEREN'T ALL GOOD PEOPLE FOR SURE. ESPECIALLY NOT THE HEAD BOSS HIMSELF. SO NO WONDER THEY LITERALLY LOCKED CANDANCE UP AND SHE HAD TO RUN AWAY. I THINK PART OF IT IS THAT THE ILLNESS IS NEVER FULLY EXPLAINED. WHY DID HE SUDDENLY GET IT? WILL CANDANCE CATCH IT SOON TOO AND BECOME FEVERED? WILL THE BABY EVER BE BORN? I GUESS IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER ANYMORE.
THE SCENES WITH CANDANCE'S MOM WERE EQUALLY PUZZLING. BC WHERE TF DID THAT COME FROM? I FEEL LIKE WHILE CANDANCE'S ANGER WAS JUSTIFIED AND FELT GOOD AND RIGHT AS A WAY TO END THE NOVEL, IT ALSO KIND OF FELT LIKE IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE? WAS SHE USING THE IMAGE OF HER MOM TO SELF-THERAPIZE? IT WAS LIKE ANGEL ON ONE SHOLDER, DEVIL ON THE OTHER SITUATION WHERE SHE WAS TALKING TO HERSELF IN HER LITTLE MINIATURE HELL. MAYBE MA JUST DIDN'T EMPHASIZE JUST HOW INSANE CANDANCE WAS GOING IN THE FACILITY. EITHER WAY. ONE DAY I'M GOING TO LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY. AND I'M GOING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE BOY DOWNSTAIRS AND I'M GOING TO THROW A SHARK FIN SOUP PARTY AND IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. THE BEST PART OF ALL IT IS THAT I'M STILL YOUNG AND ONLY TWENTY AND IN AN YEAR I'LL BE A LITTLE MORE JADED BUT I HOPE NOT TOO JADED. THIS BOOK JUST REMINDED ME THAT I ALWAYS WANT TO GROW UP FASTER AND I WANT TO BE MATURE AND I WANT TO BE RESPECTED AND I WANT TO BE LOOKED UP TO BY OTHERS AND I THINK THE ONLY WAY I CAN DO THAT IS IF I ACT OLDER APPEAR OLDER BE OLDER BUT I AM SO YOUNG AND JOYOUS AND WONDERFUL AND PEOPLE DO LOOK UP TO ME LIKE IN MY SPOKEN WORD GROUP I AM AN ELDER EVEN THOUGH I AM ALSO YOUNG. IT'S BOTH. HEHEHE.