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Well, I havn’t finished The Awakening yet, im a little more then halfway though. The overall beginning of the book was really boring to read; the only thing that kept me reading it was the fact that it was a school assignment. That more then anything contributed to my slow-ish progress so far. But now that im halfway into it, the main character is finally feeling more interesting things. Or more human I should say.

In the start, she was very, i dunno, a classic 1800 century woman. Listened to her husband, ate dainty, didn’t lift anything heavier then a baby, and of course followed a routine. In short, she didn’t think for herself, didn’t do anything for herself, and basically followed the social sheep herd. It was a little hard to read.

But,

over a summer, she started to fall in love with a playful side character Robert. The writing got more colorful from here on out. The main character Edna [attractive name, huh?] started to open her eyes, and to start feeling again. It felt like the book was coming out of a coma. More and more as the book goes on Edna is independent and colorful, and very moody. Robert goes to Mexico, Edna has some kind of short, lustful [but not loveful] thing with another dude, and then she decides to move out to a tiny house down the street. I think i can predict roughly whats going to happen in the book by now; Edna and her husband will end up in a huge fight, probably divorce after a lot of drama with Robert and the other dude, and whether the book has a happy or sad ending Edna will either end up in Roberts arms or as an old loveless hag.

Who knows?

I think im actually looking forward to reading the journey in this book.

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