A few years ago I read an entire book before realizing I had already read it. I looked back at my Goodreads read list and realized I had no memory of about half of the books on there. So I built a new habit – (almost) every time I finish a book, I word-vomit my thoughts and emotions into a note on my phone. Sometimes they’re brief, sometimes they’re long-longwinded, sometimes they just ramble…and now I’m putting them here. Please enjoy the madness.
SPOILERS AHEAD…
This book was the weirdest and I feel like there is something deeper that I’m not getting (I’m also realizing that I feel that way whenever I get something very out of the ordinary). The juxtaposition between adult and child was interesting though and I like the way the tone changes between the prologue/epilogue and the main part. I also liked the way it just slipped into him “forgetting” so smoothly and almost imperceptibly. It does a good job of introducing the question of reality and perception and how children can see more in the world around them than adults can because as adults we rely on a lot of assumptions. It reminds me of psychology when we learn about how your brain has to make certain connections and rely on templates that you have built throughout your life because to observe and try to assess everything fresh all the time would just not work. So you see two moons in the rear view then they disappear…you KNOW there is only one moon so you believe that it was a trick of the light.