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The Gemma Doyle Trilogy
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*TSFT SPOILERS!!* What was your reaction to the end of the book?
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Jul 16, 2008 09:44AM
Me and my friends ditched a lifeguard! It was fun! We were at the pool and he wanted to play our game but we didn't want him to, so when he threw the ball we took it and ran! Yay!
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i was extremely weirded out. although, after reading what a bunch of you guys said, i like it a lot more now. but it was just so unexpected and dark. and sweet. and happy. and sad. i guess i don't really know what i think!:)
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I enjoyed the ending. I really didn't cry because I was in pure shock. I just wished there was more information. I wanna know what actually happens.
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thanks.....there is soo much there Emma
both.....i mainly am looking at Libba's answers....
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I gotta say I love these books. Thanks for the recommendation!!!!! I recommend these to everyone now
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Well, one day in to it, and I find myself tearing up suddenly and in the silliest places (drive-thru window, etc.). It is really sad. A couple of silly/odd things that came about while I was reading this: I had some disturbing dreams, oddly appropriate songs kept poking into my head, I did think about Lord of the Rings during the battle scene (someone else mentioned that). I also thought about (and was horrified by it) Titanic (Leonardo dies, Kate lives) even though I've never actually watched more than snips of the movie.Libba Bray is incredible. I did have to snort when Gemma thought about meeting someone and marrying one day ("so, what happened to your last boyfriend," "oh, he died for me.")I'm hoping Gemma can find happiness and sense of purpose without a new man.
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Oh i cried for ages... i'd think i was done then the tears would just keep on pouring out of me. I was unaware i could cause myself to cry by looking at a tree...Other than loosing the very lovely Kartik I think Libba ended it brilliantly. I think they will all find their own ways in the world without having to lean on someone. They will be able to support themselves wonderfully. The end illistrated that life just isn't fair, just fairer than death. I liked that.
Wow, Ashlynn, good observation. Oh gulp, crying at trees. We have to have a tree cut down because it's too close to our house. That will probably make me burst into tears now! (It's a big one too, but fortunately it doesn't whisper my name when the wind blows, just throws branches on my roof)
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Except for Night. I've read it like 20 times and still cry every. single. time.
Thanks for the welcomes and such! but yeah what is this Night?
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Any story about the holocaust is sure to make someone cry... I'll have to look that book up though. Is it really good?
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I didn't cry, though I did tear up a bit. I seriously cried a little bit reading the end of 'The Crow' by Allison Croggon! And Sovay, in some parts. I don't cry a lot for books. But I have learnt that as I get older, the more I cry for books!
I wish The Sweet Far Thing came with a warning labeled "you will need tissues!" I cried so hard, I couldn't even read anymore, my vision was completely destroyed by my profuse bawling.
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I thought it was kinda weird that he turned into a tree... Oh well. After I was done, I threw the book in the trashcan and then I picked it up and gave it a hug. Weird, I know... Kartik was my favorite character, though!!! :(
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Gemma is my favorite.
It was a little tiny trashcan that you would put in your room or something, and it's not like anything gross was in there.
My mom read it, and the trashcan was practically filled with tissues because she was crying so much.
Not I. I never cry in anything. It's kind of annoying sometimes.
Yeah, my sister told my mom to read it and she did! We kinda had a family reading or something.
