This is why I loved Charlie and all his stupid fuckedupness.

There are few, if any, people in this world who can be called something so simple as 'good' or 'bad'. Emily Brontë created a character who was a violent monster, yet the way she explores the unloved childhood he endured always makes me feel nothing but sympathy for a man who is cruel because he's been shown nothing else.

I've always said that the best actors are those who can make you feel sorry for an evil and twisted character, that can make you understand even if redemption is impossible. He reminded me of a debate I had recently about Wuthering Heights and, in particular, Heathcliff. Here, I felt everything that Vera felt it was very emotionally draining but ultimately more rewarding at the end - I love those books that truly affect me, they stay with me far longer than the rest.Ĭharlie, as well as Vera, was a remarkable character. They are the kind of writers who know how to make you love, hate or just want to have sex with a character. In fact, I honestly cannot think of a novel that handles it better.Īnyone can put pretty words in the right order, but it takes a really talented author to make you truly feel. but Please Ignore Vera Dietz is probably the best book I have ever read that involves death and the aftermath of it all the sorrow and guilt and 'what ifs' told in such a beautiful way. These subjects are so overdone that the mere thought of tackling yet another piece of this melodramatic drivel makes my head ache.

There are two young adult topics that always make me think 'oh, not again', and they are: Though I am actually going to be daring enough to say to all you Marchetta-obsessed bookaholics that for me Please Ignore Vera Dietz could compete with the sad and beautiful emotional turmoil I felt for On the Jellicoe Road. I have been lucky enough to read a LOT of great books this year and up until now I had a clear I-shine-above-the-rest favourite: On the Jellicoe Road.

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