I really like Hank's character and how he helps not only Olivia, but also her mother. I love that Olivia ends up with her childhood sweetheart (the geek turned successful genius) and that his name is Woody! Overall it was a cute, happy story that even had me wanting to play Mrs. Clause in a cute and sexy little red, fur trimmed number!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Olivia
I think the first short story about Olivia was my favorite one, partially because it was the cleanest but mostly because it was the longest and thus in my opinion, the most developed. I enjoyed watching Olivia's transformation and dawning self awareness as she figured out what she really wanted in life amidst the magic of the twinkle lights and gumdrops of Santa Land. I think so often people, myself included, have these huge grandiose dreams of what we want to do in life, when if we thought about what the truest desires of our hearts are, we'd realize what we really want are simple things.
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I liked Hank a lot too, and how he kept being more than he originally seemed. Funny that it was only in portraying someone else that Olivia learned how deceptive judging people's based on externals (or even how their attempted outward projections, like Bobby).
i loved that his nickname was booby. :) sorry, just had to share.
I really liked ZZ, too. I thought it was interesting that even though Olivia figured out a big part of her life, not everything got solved. Like, her mom is still scared to go outside, and we don't know for sure what is happening with her friend Kate and the move. I liked that not everything was neatly rapped up in a little box at the end, seemed more realistic.
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