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April 29, 2008
Patterns in lives and literature
I'm most of the way through the book "She's Come Undone." Early on, the protagonist makes a number of self-destructive decisions as a child and an adolescent, and as I read I cheered her on for being such a bad ass. But now she's an adult and I can see her on the path to self destruction yet again, and tonight I had to put the book down and walk away. We defeat ourselves when we're young because we don't know any better. When it keeps on happening into adulthood, it becomes tragic. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out what happens next.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at April 29, 2008 10:06 PM
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I feel that way about the Michelle Tea novels I'm reading. The characters are initially appealing because they make their own rules. But after they've done enough drugs, slept with enough strangers, done more drugs, cheated the system out of more money, done more drugs, etc., they don't look as hot as they used to.
Posted by: Rachel L at May 1, 2008 01:10 PM