They recommended your book, but ultimately choose another book to read. Still, your book sparked interest in my head because it sounded just what I was looking for; realistic-fiction, with fantasy elements. I eventually bought the book myself. I fell instantly in love with the narrator, beginning with his personality. In previous books, I’d found it hard to relate to characters of the opposite gender, but Henry Denton resonated so well with me. During the first chapter, I would myself smirking, and agreeing with every pessimistic saying he had. As high schoolers, how do we impact our world or the universe for that matter? Henry was placed in a strange situation, where he could see very clearly, humans on earth make practically no change anyone in the cosmos can see. As he’s given the choice to save the world or not, he ponders “I could write my name across the sky, and it would be in invisible ink” (Hutchinson, 56). And he is given the choice on whether the world should continue on. He argues that if humans make no influence on the universe, and we all die eventually, what’s stopping him from ending the world now? “People don’t really change; they just find something else to give their life meaning” (Hutchinson, 383). Through Diego, through Nana, through his school, Henry discovers more meaning in his life. Henry recognizes that the lives of people he loves are worth keeping the world around. Through Diego, he meets a friend and his first love since Jesse. Although the world is still filled with sadness and horror, and the world will still end, Henry realizes that it doesn’t matter. Life is not just about changing the world or saving it; life is about discovering
They recommended your book, but ultimately choose another book to read. Still, your book sparked interest in my head because it sounded just what I was looking for; realistic-fiction, with fantasy elements. I eventually bought the book myself. I fell instantly in love with the narrator, beginning with his personality. In previous books, I’d found it hard to relate to characters of the opposite gender, but Henry Denton resonated so well with me. During the first chapter, I would myself smirking, and agreeing with every pessimistic saying he had. As high schoolers, how do we impact our world or the universe for that matter? Henry was placed in a strange situation, where he could see very clearly, humans on earth make practically no change anyone in the cosmos can see. As he’s given the choice to save the world or not, he ponders “I could write my name across the sky, and it would be in invisible ink” (Hutchinson, 56). And he is given the choice on whether the world should continue on. He argues that if humans make no influence on the universe, and we all die eventually, what’s stopping him from ending the world now? “People don’t really change; they just find something else to give their life meaning” (Hutchinson, 383). Through Diego, through Nana, through his school, Henry discovers more meaning in his life. Henry recognizes that the lives of people he loves are worth keeping the world around. Through Diego, he meets a friend and his first love since Jesse. Although the world is still filled with sadness and horror, and the world will still end, Henry realizes that it doesn’t matter. Life is not just about changing the world or saving it; life is about discovering