INFJ Book Club - Week Two

Its becoming a journey now.

Spoiler

I'm trying to understand why Lena's mother is behaving as she does. And while I'm happy that Thomas is experiencing some relief, I'm feeling sick at my relief for him. Why does she turn around and start treating him with respect after speaking with the Wood people? What could they have said that wouldn't make him a monster? I have a theory about perhaps a Raver having taken over him, but I donno. That seems too convenient.

This Donaldson guy is compounding confusions. I like that he makes the environment increasingly confusing, but I'm still reeling from chapter 7's conclusion.

 

Still good - I'm on ch.9 or so, but tax season put me behind. Had to do mine and my mothers'.

 

Nearing the end of Ch 11.

 

Because we are past Sunday, I'll skip the spoiler tags, but before anyone reads further, I'm writing about up through yesterday's reading...

I got an odd sensation from this part of the book. I was relieved that Atiaran decided to abandom Thomas, but I was shocked at her reasoning. She put aside her hatred for what he did to her daughter, but could not forgive his lack of strength in fighting the Ur-Viles. It reminds me of a kind of Roman-era ethic. I do think she did the right thing by not killing him if he is important to the salvation of the land, but she doesn't have to want to help him. She just needs to.

I'm also confused by Thomas's need to continuously hold back on information. Maybe its because I've never been very guarded, but I thought it was odd that he didn't start to warm up to people or the land. Especially as it was healing him.

I felt for Thomas when he showed compassion for the giant. And I just don't understand why he isn't suffering more for what he did to Lena. He seems to have the ability to ignore it, and that makes me concerned that he is not a good person in general. My opinion right now is that either he has always been, or has become, a very self-centered individual. To some extent, fear of death or pain makes many people put there hope in others, but not him.

I'm going to type him as: INFP--A writer with strong Fi, which he is desperately trying to pin down in a cage within his mind so that he can survive his mortal depredation in his bodycage. He isn't an extrovert, and he is not a thinker. A thinker would be more committed to testing the Land for its reality. A T would be studying the patterns of the stars, the craters of the moon. Instead, he is obsessed with containing his feelings. But who can blame him for that?

 

Sorry I haven't been participating guys, my book was meant to be here already. Just here to say that I'm still committed and can't wait to catch up.