The blog for SUNY Binghamton's Spring'09 COLI 214B 02 Literature and Society Class. Chapter summaries, analyses and discussion of prescribed texts written by students.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Alyson Bernero

I was very disappointed when I first realized that the entire book was actually made up. After thinking about it however, I couldn't help but think that the story was actually amazing and extremely creative. I didn't really like the way the stories ended. The story with Navidson ended so terribly even after everything the family had gone through. I was very confused with what was going on with Johnny, but I don't think that he was ever really writing the story. From what I understand I don't think Johnny ever really lived at all. I think the story was written by his mother who had basically gone insane after the death of her son. If thats the case than I wish we would have gotten more information on what was going on with that so I could understand more. Overall, the book was captivating and very different from anything I had ever read before. The entire story kept me engaged and constantly thinking about what was happening.

1 comment:

Natalya Gornopolskaya said...

I thought the Navidsons made out with a relatively happy ending; despite their troubles in the past they remained united as a family.

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