The ending made me sad, the final chapter and the epilogue. Its kind of typical though. You have a little kid do what he thinks is best for the world and someone has to go and stop him.
Also, I wonder if his heart really got rippled out as Ginnie said it did or if only Lettie got ripped up? The different memories of what happened makes it hard to focus at times.
Ending with the cat was touching and I was close to crying when I read how he had brought her back.
And when Lettie was looking down st him with the moon eyes, or when she was evaluating if it was worth saving him, well it was touching.
What really hit me though was how they were like ghosts. MC never really remembers what happened, and it makes me sad to think that Old Mrs Hemstock has to change his memory of what happened "because its easier that way."
And the symbolism of him growing a new heart!
Though this book gas some parts that makes me annoyed (as a writer), Neil Gaimen made a good novel. In the end, I like how this turned out. The concepts, the loss, all of it made me feel. It seems like there's just so much to encompass in this, and he pulled it off well.
I think the end is kind of a coming of age for the main character because he overcomes his fear of the dark, returns to his normal life with his family, and builds a better relationship with his father when he grows up.
ReplyDeleteI think there is a conflict with the memories that actually happened and the memories that he was made to believe are true. I think he kind of knows this kind of dream/ ghost memory he has with Lettie actually happened and is deep in in his mind.
At the end of the novel I was still confused with how the three generation of Hempstock women can have the same last name? Also what exactly are they and the powers they have? Where are they from?
I want to touch on Kirsten's question of whether his heart really did get ripped out or not. I don't think that it actually was ripped out because it explains that as they begin to rip at his heart Lettie jumps in front of him. She sacrifices her current life to save him and to let him have a normal life.
ReplyDeleteI think that Ginnie may have said this to make him realize what Lettie did for him. As her grandma Ginnie probably still felt some resentment for him because she was not able to see Lettie.