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Excellent insight! I did not catch that he "refused" the list. Very interesting!!!
I also hadn't remembered that, and was wondering why he was the only one who wasn't helped by the list.
I am unobservant, now I want to go back to see when he gets sight of the list and rejects it. Your explanation makes a lot of sense, thanks.
I felt that there were clear indications that Aidan was "losing" it, that he always put on cheerful big-brother, everything will be OK front but it was becoming too much and there were several indications that he was "handing over the baton" so to speak. In fact, there were several mentions in the book that his sister got the vibes that something was off with him as well. BTW, in real life, most of those close to someone who commits, or attempts to commit, suicide are also taken by surprise. As in this book, they realize the person may be troubled by certain things but very often do not realize the depth and extent of the pain and their inability to express it. That happens to be quite true to life. My issue with the book is that although reading can be helpful in "figuring" things out, the amount of "help" reading provides in this book in such a short span of time to so many, while it is a nice "read", I don't feel it takes into account that things don't happen quite that quickly and neatly and get tied up in a bow.
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Mar 22, 2022 12:41PM
Excellent insight! I did not catch that he "refused" the list. Very interesting!!!
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I also hadn't remembered that, and was wondering why he was the only one who wasn't helped by the list.
I am unobservant, now I want to go back to see when he gets sight of the list and rejects it. Your explanation makes a lot of sense, thanks.
I felt that there were clear indications that Aidan was "losing" it, that he always put on cheerful big-brother, everything will be OK front but it was becoming too much and there were several indications that he was "handing over the baton" so to speak. In fact, there were several mentions in the book that his sister got the vibes that something was off with him as well. BTW, in real life, most of those close to someone who commits, or attempts to commit, suicide are also taken by surprise. As in this book, they realize the person may be troubled by certain things but very often do not realize the depth and extent of the pain and their inability to express it. That happens to be quite true to life. My issue with the book is that although reading can be helpful in "figuring" things out, the amount of "help" reading provides in this book in such a short span of time to so many, while it is a nice "read", I don't feel it takes into account that things don't happen quite that quickly and neatly and get tied up in a bow.
