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Carolreads30 wrote: 18 Mar 2020, 16:13 I felt that we needed to have Bridget's story a little stronger in the book. We truly did not know why she wanted the memorial placed in the theme park and I would have liked to have had Hillary's husband have a stronger role in the story.
Exactly my feeling. It seems the author missed the really great story by killing one and by-passing another.
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aacodreanu wrote: 18 Mar 2020, 16:17
Carolreads30 wrote: 18 Mar 2020, 16:13 I felt that we needed to have Bridget's story a little stronger in the book. We truly did not know why she wanted the memorial placed in the theme park and I would have liked to have had Hillary's husband have a stronger role in the story.
Exactly my feeling. It seems the author missed the really great story by killing one and by-passing another.
Yes, it seemed as though it was so important to Bridget and yet, we truly did not know why.
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camwilliams wrote: 11 Mar 2020, 12:22 I would agree with what seems to be the popular opinion here. I liked what I got to see of Ed and Hillary's relationship. They really seem to love and care for each other. But as the book continued they see less and less of each other. Based upon Ed's personality, I find it hard to believe that he would leave Hillary or Claire by themselves to go to a seminar after Bridget's death, and definitely not after Sarah's death.
That's an inconsistency, considering that he was such a supportive husband from the start. I am not sure what point the author wanted to bring out by portraying him that way.
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I think the husband's character deserves more consistency, but this may affect the good side of Hillary which is the author's major focus in the book.
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aacodreanu wrote: 09 Mar 2020, 14:47 Which of the characters deserves more consistency and how could that be achieved?
Would a more defined participation of the supporting characters in the story make the main one, Hillary become less important or would that make her stand out better?
I think all side characters served good support to our main protagonists. Now regarding her husband, well I don't know should he participate more. This book is more of Hilary journey. Plus this book is a sequel and I haven't read the previous book so I can't say...maybe that has something to do with plot in that book. Sure every book even a sequel should stand on its own...which I think this book does. Maybe I would wish for Bridget to have a different fate but that is more of my subjective thought.
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B Creech wrote: 10 Mar 2020, 12:35 I think Hilary's husband should have had a more prominent place in the story. He was very supportive of Hilary but he just wasn't around enough.
I agree. I appreciate a strong female protagonist, but that doesn't have to mean the husband is absent from the story.
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AntonelaMaria wrote: 21 Mar 2020, 07:42
aacodreanu wrote: 09 Mar 2020, 14:47 Which of the characters deserves more consistency and how could that be achieved?
Would a more defined participation of the supporting characters in the story make the main one, Hillary become less important or would that make her stand out better?
I think all side characters served good support to our main protagonists. Now regarding her husband, well I don't know should he participate more. This book is more of Hilary journey.
Plus this book is a sequel and I haven't read the previous book so I can't say...maybe that has something to do with plot in that book. Sure every book even a sequel should stand on its own...which I think this book does. Maybe I would wish for Bridget to have a different fate but that is more of my subjective thought.
My subjective thought too. It seems the author has killed the most interesting and lovable character in the whole book.
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I think each person's character in the book was well organized to make it more interesting for readers, it was the negligence of Ed that created more chances to give emphasis on Hillary' strength and weakness.
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I think introducing more characters would make Hillary seem less important. There were a lot of minor characters in this book already, and in my opinion, she was lacking to stand out.
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I do believe that supporting characters do make the main one because they exist in the story to shape the main character into his or her final version, which we get to see near the ending.
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I think the characters where explained well according to the writers mission . The build up of each character was good .
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aacodreanu wrote: 21 Mar 2020, 17:16
AntonelaMaria wrote: 21 Mar 2020, 07:42
aacodreanu wrote: 09 Mar 2020, 14:47 Which of the characters deserves more consistency and how could that be achieved?
Would a more defined participation of the supporting characters in the story make the main one, Hillary become less important or would that make her stand out better?
I think all side characters served good support to our main protagonists. Now regarding her husband, well I don't know should he participate more. This book is more of Hilary journey.
Plus this book is a sequel and I haven't read the previous book so I can't say...maybe that has something to do with plot in that book. Sure every book even a sequel should stand on its own...which I think this book does. Maybe I would wish for Bridget to have a different fate but that is more of my subjective thought.
My subjective thought too. It seems the author has killed the most interesting and lovable character in the whole book.
I guess I am that hopeful reader always looking for positivity. But on the other hand, I don't see what really her murder brought to the story. Or maybe I didn't find it interesting enough.
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freshbook wrote: 24 Mar 2020, 17:40 I think introducing more characters would make Hillary seem less important. There were a lot of minor characters in this book already, and in my opinion, she was lacking to stand out.
Yes, I think that there were too many side characters too.
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I felt her husband was not at noticeable in this book as his own character.
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It's possible the author might give Ed a lot more presence in the next series, if there would be such like that.
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