Since Livia has been born, I haven't had much time to read. So on Monday I finally sat down and started a novel. Suprisingly, I finished it in one day. Then, I discovered it had been made into a movie, so yesterday I watched the movie. It was so refreshing to do something other than clean up the house, watch tv, and play around on the computer. It made taking care of Livia a lot more enjoyable and it felt good to use my brain. It's like I just remembered oh yeah, I love reading!
The book was called Incendiary by Chris Cleave. I have read his other novel Little Bee, which was really, really good. This is not "fluffy" reading, and he tackles some very serious subjects. But the writing is good, and his characters are real-seeming. Incendiary is about a woman who loses her husband and 4 year old son in a terrorist bombing. Sometimes I LIKE to read, hear, watch movies or shows about grief. It validates my feelings and helps me articulate my emotions sometimes. Some days I kind of like being wrapped up in grief. Other days, that seems like the most depressing thing in the world, so it just depends on my mood.
The movie was much more happy-ending, learn from your grief. It was still a good movie to watch, Michelle Williams plays the mother and accurately portrayed some aspects of grief. The book was more raw, and the woman kind of went crazy. She would imagine her son was still with her, talk to him, care for him, etc. I like that, because there have definitely been times when I thought I might succumb to the grief and completely lose it...of course I am glad that never happened to me, but it easily could have.
"I am a woman built upon the wreckage of myself" is one of the quotes from the book that resonated with me.
After looking around online, it seems people either loved the book or hated it. It was a little hard to get started because it's written from a working-class woman in England's viewpoint, so some of the language seems a little different, but once I got started, I loved it!
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