When you can’t see in front of you life is nothing but surprises. Looking back, there were truly so few of them.
This speaks to the experience of being young and being able to throw yourself into life in a way that one might consider reckless as they get older. Should Tess be surprised by how Jake ends up treating her? By who Simone turns out to be? It’s clear that they are troubled and damaged from the first time they show up on the page. But our experiences are determined by the stories we tell ourselves. What we want to believe. What we’re willfully blind to. And Tess – up until this point in the book – wants to believe that other people are acting towards her with their best intentions, though there is much evidence to the contrary.
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