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Thomas
The point is to cherish what little time we have with the ones we love. It is a traditional Greek tragedy.
Jan Szczerbiuk
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Robyn
To me it felt like Nicholls just didn't know what to do with his characters once he finally and inevitably had them get together, so in order to create some sense of story arc he killed Em off. Up until this point in the book I had really enjoyed the story, the characterisations and writing despite not really liking either Em or Dex as people. I felt cheated and annoyed to be honest. I knew some tragedy was in the works because it had been hyped up to me but the clinical manner in which she was killed off meant that I didn't even care when it happened and the seemingly unending and pointless chapters that followed only served to remind me of the "Christ, will it ever end?" feeling I had while watching the similarly excruciating ending(s) of The Return of the King. It felt lazy and devoid of meaning after creating quite a rich tapestry for most of the book, but maybe that's the point? The futility of existence? I find it hard to accept that given that for the most part the book is a just a diverting piece of chick lit.
Clive Grewcock
Surely it is pivotal to eh story - the endings of Starter for Ten (slightly) and The Understudy (especially) were somewhat saccharine, so it could also be Nicholls' development as a writer led him to that plot twist. I'll never, ever forgive him though.
Shazam Cool
i guess it teaches us do it while u can beacuse well time is no ones favour we should celebrate the happy moments and live with our past letting go of the past is wrong we should not get burderned cos of it but we should certainly learn from our past mistakes
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