Triumph-Finished first 100 pages!

I cannot believe what just happened in the book. I knew that was gonna happen from the weird way that Jack was acting and all. Plain and simple, Jack molested Dolores. The way that Wally Lamb wrote it, you cannot help but cringe in hate and agony for her. Then again, like I said, she's annoying--annoyingly stupid though. You could tell by the way that Jack's acts--cursing at her, drinking while driving, harrassing her--that she'd honestly see the signs of something not being right. Not to mention the fact that he keeps telling her that everything that keeps going wrong is all her fault, so he's brain washing her and making her feel small at the same time. It's so disgusting! But thank goodness she told someone.

This book kind of reminds me of Things Fall Apart in a very miniscule way. I think Okonkwo and Dolores are alike in some bizarre way because they both seem to feel in several examples in both books that everything going wrong in a way has to do with them. Plus, they both get on my nerves. Okonkwo's too macho and chauvinistic. Dolores is to naive and wild-minded. Also, the beginning poem of Things Fall Apart I think could be a nice touch to She's Come Undone, because Dolores in a way is calling for help in a way that you cannot really notice, but no one is hearing her. So, things fall apart. Thus, the falcon cannot hear the falconer, things fall apart...

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So far She's Come Undone is so good. The main character Dolores, annoys me though because she's so rude and quick to talk back to everyone. She's such a should-not-be-said and I cannot think of another word for it. But anyway not only is hse rude, but I think she's a crybaby in the sense that she cries for the smallest things instead of fighting. When she got picked on in school, instead of trying to tell the bullies to back up, she was secretly getting even. If it were me, I wouldn't try and seek revenge on them, but stop the problems from the get go. By trying to get back at them, she just starts more problems. She should use her sassy mouth to back to them.

I think that in the next chapter or so, something is going to happen with her and Jack. Jack is the new tenet that moved in upstairs with his wife. He's in twenties but he's always in a sense, flirting with her and she's about 12, so as I read, I get a little more afraid trying to figure out what's going to happen to her. Jack seems like the nice type of guy though, because he's tall, handsome and has his own radio talk show. But it's always the ones that don't look suspicious that you should be careful around.

This is a link to an interview with the amazing Wally Lamb, the author of this book. Can you believe that a dude wrote She's Come Undone? It sounds so girlish, I wouldn't think a guy could do that. I think Wally Lamb is becoming an inspiration to me because he is such a great author since I'm into writing, English and books. Anyway here's the link.

Hey check it out:

http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-lamb-wally.asp