/From page one, every single person from her teacher to her best friend have done nothing but ignore her perfectly valid concerns and wishes and force her to do things she's very uncomfortable with./
Is the whole universe against Nora? First, Coach doesn't care that Patch is harassing her and now Vee tries to get Nora and Patch together despite the fact that Nora is justifiably *scared* of him. This is not playing the matchmaker; this is being completely and utterly clueless and insensitive. I mean, good grief, Vee, would you be encouraging Nora to go out with Jack the Ripper if it made you laugh?
/I'm not saying that it's weird for Nora to be afraid of it, since I'm sure it would be high enough to freak out someone with a fear of heights, but the book presents it like it's a death-defying drop./
I myself am afraid of heights (which is why I can definitely sympathize with Nora here) and any roller coaster would be terrifying for me, never mind one like this.
/Vee notices Patch and loudly starts pointing him out to Nora. Nora frantically indicates for Vee to shut the fuck up, and Vee helpfully responds by telling Elliot that Patch is Nora's lab partner and very heavily implying that the two are involved or at least that Patch is infatuated with Nora./
You know what, I can't take it anymore. I refuse to believe anything other than the notion that Patch is secretly controlling all of these people. This is just *ridiculous.* Every single person in this book is enabling him. *Everyone.* Vee is pressuring Nora to get together with Patch, Coach encourages Patch's harassment and humiliates Nora in return, and even Dorothea is chiming in by telling Nora to be in touch with her "sexy side." And slowly but surely, Nora is succumbing to Patch's brainwashing and giving in.
Say what you want, Ms. Fitzpatrick, but in the real world, there is *no* way that anyone would condone Patch's behavior. Not a teenage girl, not that teenage girl's best friend, and not a teacher. And the fact that you've entrapped this poor girl by removing all options for help, thereby rendering her completely helpless, makes me think that this book would be more suited for the horror genre, a tale in the style of "The Twilight Zone."
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Date: 2011-06-24 09:37 pm (UTC)Is the whole universe against Nora? First, Coach doesn't care that Patch is harassing her and now Vee tries to get Nora and Patch together despite the fact that Nora is justifiably *scared* of him. This is not playing the matchmaker; this is being completely and utterly clueless and insensitive. I mean, good grief, Vee, would you be encouraging Nora to go out with Jack the Ripper if it made you laugh?
/I'm not saying that it's weird for Nora to be afraid of it, since I'm sure it would be high enough to freak out someone with a fear of heights, but the book presents it like it's a death-defying drop./
I myself am afraid of heights (which is why I can definitely sympathize with Nora here) and any roller coaster would be terrifying for me, never mind one like this.
/Vee notices Patch and loudly starts pointing him out to Nora. Nora frantically indicates for Vee to shut the fuck up, and Vee helpfully responds by telling Elliot that Patch is Nora's lab partner and very heavily implying that the two are involved or at least that Patch is infatuated with Nora./
You know what, I can't take it anymore. I refuse to believe anything other than the notion that Patch is secretly controlling all of these people. This is just *ridiculous.* Every single person in this book is enabling him. *Everyone.* Vee is pressuring Nora to get together with Patch, Coach encourages Patch's harassment and humiliates Nora in return, and even Dorothea is chiming in by telling Nora to be in touch with her "sexy side." And slowly but surely, Nora is succumbing to Patch's brainwashing and giving in.
Say what you want, Ms. Fitzpatrick, but in the real world, there is *no* way that anyone would condone Patch's behavior. Not a teenage girl, not that teenage girl's best friend, and not a teacher. And the fact that you've entrapped this poor girl by removing all options for help, thereby rendering her completely helpless, makes me think that this book would be more suited for the horror genre, a tale in the style of "The Twilight Zone."