Ohh where I do i start with this book. Although it has gotten a bit easier to comprehend, I still have to say I am having a hard time enjoying it. So far I just cannot seem to really get into it. I do not like like all these little mini stories, and I do not understand how this all fits into the novel. None the less here I go at still trying to understand what I have read.
While reading the Luisa Rey chapter o f this novel I felt as if I was reading a story by Sherlock Holmes. It gave me that same kind of feeling that this was a clear and intelligent detective. I really thought that Luisa Rey as a female character and detective had a great deal of courage and was willing to stop at nothing to get what she wanted. I believe that she knew that Rufus Sixsmith’s murder was not a suicide and that it was done by someone to make sure that the reports about the plant were never released. I believe that she was willing to even put her life on the line to help expose the truth about the plant. If I am correct I believe in previous chapter we have often heard the name Sixsmith. Wasn’t someone writing letters to him? He was indeed the best friend of Robert Frobisher who will probably not be to happy to hear about the death of his best friend. Now I am beginning to see the connection between these two men, however I am still lacking a connection to the rest of the book or where this nuclear plant fits into things.
Next, we meet Timothy Cavendish, who seems to all of a sudden be a successful publisher after one of the books he publishes becomes a huge success. Although as many people have learned as successful as they are the more their life seems to unravel. Timothy’s life seems to take a turn, even with his great new success. I believe that it is very weird and unsettling that all of a sudden because he does not agree with society that he becomes a prisoner. While trying to plan an escape for himself we find out that even though he does not have many things with him he manages to have the manuscript of Luisa Rey’s mysteries. Hmm…this is rather interesting. So we do know that these two people are connected in some way. I feel as if this is one of those chain things where everything links together and begins to make sense at the end. Some of the characters are beginning to make connections and show how they are related to one another, but I still do not believe that the story lines show much in common yet.
