I wish I knew where to begin to begin, but all I can say is simply... WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK?!?
I understand the actual plot, the words are easily understood, and the story is incredibly intriguing, so I can without a doubt say that this will be a fan favorite on my shelf for years to come, but seriously... what kind of story line is this? Is this a plot to get the readers to understand the complexity and intense nature of our own lives? Or what that too deep of a realization and it is actually the fact that the author had a ridiculously overactive imagination?
I'll take the former and run with that one so I'll actually have some real, meaningful content to post.
Let's discuss Clara and her trances:
I just wanna say, firstly, I feel ya sister, if I could walk around in an endless dream with no domestic responsibilities then I so would. Power to ya.
But seriously, Clara's escape from reality mirrors much of what I imagine many people (myself included) try to do - or at least desire to do - on a daily basis. Ignoring the responsibilities of the world around us in order to pursue a dream, a calling, a passion, a hobby, or any other number of things we wish we had time for. To have the excuse of being supernatural would grant endless time for pursuing personal goals and endless forgiveness for the odd acts and habits of the self. Not to say that I'd necessarily want to be able to move things telepathically or communicate to the dead and predict the future, but to have the ability to use it as an excuse to escape seems appealing in some sense.
And yet, how often we actually do this, without needing an excuse at all. We daydream and imagine outcomes of situations. We "zone out" and we are living in a moment that is not the present one. So why do we not have the same ability to deny domestic chores and responsibilities? Why can we not pursue our own strange hobbies and personal goals?
It's probably because we're much more like Esteban than we are like Clara. Clara walks around in her own trances, but uses those times to work on her abilities in order to help every person she comes into contact with, giving away clothes and resources in order to protect them and help them back on their feet. We pursue things the way Esteban does. We push for our own way, we fill up every free second we have with work and excuses to not give up our plushy and comfy lives for the less fortunate. We watch children suffer and die halfway across the world without blinking an eye because "that's just how it is." We are Esteban Trueba, fighting for our own way, making our own world, pretending no one else matters, and only realizing much too late that no one around us likes us, they only tolerate us for the few benefits they receive by being associated with us.
You don't have to be a supernatural being, or in touch with supernatural beings, in order to love people completely.
Comments: Osten & Leanne
I understand the actual plot, the words are easily understood, and the story is incredibly intriguing, so I can without a doubt say that this will be a fan favorite on my shelf for years to come, but seriously... what kind of story line is this? Is this a plot to get the readers to understand the complexity and intense nature of our own lives? Or what that too deep of a realization and it is actually the fact that the author had a ridiculously overactive imagination?
I'll take the former and run with that one so I'll actually have some real, meaningful content to post.
Let's discuss Clara and her trances:
I just wanna say, firstly, I feel ya sister, if I could walk around in an endless dream with no domestic responsibilities then I so would. Power to ya.
But seriously, Clara's escape from reality mirrors much of what I imagine many people (myself included) try to do - or at least desire to do - on a daily basis. Ignoring the responsibilities of the world around us in order to pursue a dream, a calling, a passion, a hobby, or any other number of things we wish we had time for. To have the excuse of being supernatural would grant endless time for pursuing personal goals and endless forgiveness for the odd acts and habits of the self. Not to say that I'd necessarily want to be able to move things telepathically or communicate to the dead and predict the future, but to have the ability to use it as an excuse to escape seems appealing in some sense.
And yet, how often we actually do this, without needing an excuse at all. We daydream and imagine outcomes of situations. We "zone out" and we are living in a moment that is not the present one. So why do we not have the same ability to deny domestic chores and responsibilities? Why can we not pursue our own strange hobbies and personal goals?
It's probably because we're much more like Esteban than we are like Clara. Clara walks around in her own trances, but uses those times to work on her abilities in order to help every person she comes into contact with, giving away clothes and resources in order to protect them and help them back on their feet. We pursue things the way Esteban does. We push for our own way, we fill up every free second we have with work and excuses to not give up our plushy and comfy lives for the less fortunate. We watch children suffer and die halfway across the world without blinking an eye because "that's just how it is." We are Esteban Trueba, fighting for our own way, making our own world, pretending no one else matters, and only realizing much too late that no one around us likes us, they only tolerate us for the few benefits they receive by being associated with us.
You don't have to be a supernatural being, or in touch with supernatural beings, in order to love people completely.
Comments: Osten & Leanne
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