After reading the rest of the novel I’m still stuck on the fact that Mr. Isaacs invites David over to his house for dinner. How weird is that? If I was Mr. Isaacs I think I would want to beat the crap out of David.. but that’s just me. The whole situation is just so weird, I don’t know what to think. It’s obvious Mrs. Isaacs is mad or upset that he is there, but my question is, why doesn’t she speak up or say what’s on her mind? It’s like they’re all trying to cover up the fact that he had an affair with their 20 year old daughter.. does Mr. Isaacs want to be his friend or what?

Moving on, I love the change in David. It’s honestly like I’ve been reading about two different characters. He started off as a crazy man obsessed with sexual interaction. He wasn’t a huge part in his daughter’s life (maybe that’s why she calls him David rather than Dad) and it’s like he’s finally starting to realize that. Lucy welcomed him into her home which was very nice of her, and it’s like David did a 360 on us. He actually started to care about someone.. genuinely. He was more hurt by the rape than Lucy was. He wanted revenge and wanted to know who did this to her. She went on with her life and didn’t want to worry about who raped her, she just wanted to forget about the whole thing. Come to find out Lucy ended up pregnant and David was shocked that she decided to keep the baby. Later in the novel, David found out that one of the boys who raped Lucy was related to Petrus. Petrus made me so mad throughout the rest of the novel because he didn’t care that Pollux raped Lucy because he was family. That honestly just makes me sick, rape is such an awful crime and Polluz should have been punished. But I do think it’s awesome how David basically attacked Pollux, haha, he deserved it. It just really showed how much David has changed, by sticking up for Lucy and protecting her.

I found it really strange how on page 208 it was like Lucy was sticking up or protecting Pollux. He raped her and she doesn’t want revenge. David catches him staring at Lucy through one of the windows and it doesn’t even phase her. AHH and how nuts is it that Petrus wants to marry Lucy!? He already has 2 wives and children, does he really need another one? Oh and was Lucy raped before? On page 198 she says, “But I am not having an abortion. That is something I am not prepared to go through with again.” So either she was raped and got pregnant or she was with a man she chose to be with and wound up pregnant.. but that isn’t very realistic since she prefers women. If she was raped before it’s like its unfortunately become a way of life for her, that she just accepts it, rather than doing something about it.

I also find it really weird how he continues to say “I wonder if she can smell my thoughts.” People aren’t dogs, I just think it’s a weird analogy that keeps coming up.

On page 178 it says, “His spell with Lucy has not turned him into a country person. Nonetheless, there are things he misses — the duck family, for instance: Mother Duck tacking about on the surface of the dam, her chest puffed out with pride….” and so on. Interestingly enough, he acts like Lucy hasn’t changed him (since he didn’t want to be changed in the first place), but in reality she really did. She made him into a better person. I also loved the quote on page 179 where it says, “Who would have guessed, when his child was born, that in time he would come crawling to her asking to be taken in?” That’s so true! He’s lucky to have her as a daughter, because not all people would be willing to do what Lucy did for David.

Oh and what’s up with his book that he’s writing? The passages were a little confusing..

Sorry if this is all so scattered, there were just so many things I tried covering all at once!