tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648813288869157424.post2181117786236358275..comments2023-10-11T07:15:26.096-07:00Comments on "Something About Me" Reading Challenge: The Atonement ChildLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14612340863090247579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648813288869157424.post-69285686635701161492007-07-23T17:29:00.000-07:002007-07-23T17:29:00.000-07:00I didn't really have a Joe until my senior year. F...I didn't really have a Joe until my senior year. Fortunately I didn't go through an experience like the main character does in this book. I hear you - very stereotypical characters in the book. Not very realistic or true to the real world.twiga92https://www.blogger.com/profile/16751327144782362475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648813288869157424.post-65751308356964274992007-07-16T04:26:00.000-07:002007-07-16T04:26:00.000-07:00Did you have a Joe? :)One other thing I noticed th...Did you have a Joe? :)<BR/><BR/>One other thing I noticed that I forgot to put in the review was that the people who worked for the abortion clinic were, for the most part, presented as lying, money-grubbing, out for their own interests, don't care at all about the pregnant woman, generally asshole types, with no sympathetic or redeeming qualities at all. Except for the one nurse, who was basically used to show how the clinic administrators just steamroll over anyone trying to actually give the women information they ask for. And the doctor who gets saved and changes his views. I don't know that this view of clinic employees is realistic. Certainly everyone has some redeeming quality, and if not, how could so many people without them be in one place? And surely there are people who work in the clinics not because of some evil agenda, but because they truly believe they are helping others. Where were those supporting characters? All we got to see was a bitter, lying, scheming bitch, who'd do anything to make sure that once someone walked in the door of the clinic, they went through with the abortion. Just another thing in the book that struck me.<BR/><BR/>It's starting to sound like I have more negative to say than positive, so I should point out that I did enjoy the book overall, I just felt that the characters could have been fleshed out more and the author could have delved into some pro-choice arguments, even if just for the sake of picking them apart.emailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653316423608779303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648813288869157424.post-73699327661275407092007-07-15T10:26:00.000-07:002007-07-15T10:26:00.000-07:00Yep, you got it! I attended a small, very conserva...Yep, you got it! I attended a small, very conservative Bible College. I think why this book resonated so much with me was that if this situation had happened on my college campus, the girl would have been treated the same way. So very, very sad! <BR/>Thanks for your review! It's nice to get another perspective on the book.twiga92https://www.blogger.com/profile/16751327144782362475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648813288869157424.post-69997977735708726562007-07-12T14:03:00.000-07:002007-07-12T14:03:00.000-07:00Oh, I have a better way to describe the scene with...Oh, I have a better way to describe the scene with the old ladies sitting around discussing abortion. You know that life insurance commercial where the two old ladies are talking about how sad they are for their friend who just lost her husband? And the one comes in and sits down and says something like, "I feel sorry for [what's her name]. Did you know they didn't have life insurance? And Social Security only covers $255 toward funeral costs. Now she's stuck with a huge bill." And the other says something like, "That won't happen to my husband and I, because we have Colonial Penn life insurance. Do you know it costs as little as 7 cents per day? We won't leave our children or grandchildren with high funeral costs." THAT'S what the scene felt like.emailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653316423608779303noreply@blogger.com