Heart's Desire

Life feels so permanent. It just keeps going day after day. Yeah, we know that someday it will end. And yet we don't know. Not really. We're lulled into a false sense of safety. The idea that we'll wake up tomorrow morning seems reasonable because we've done it so many times. But then one day we'll wake for the last time. And on that day something will stop us; an illness, a heart attack, a speeding car, a bullet. We will stop and never wake again.

while i don't consider these books as emotionally traumatizing as Henry Rios, that doesn't mean the heavily matter-of-fact & somber atmosphere hasn't been draining my reserves in its own right. Nick keeps running in circles, and i keep fighting back the nerves. i‘m somewhat in disbelief that there are only two books left of Nick's journey for me to read.

for future Alyssa's reference, i have a feeling the end result of this case won't sit well with some, but as i admittedly have a favorite book that took a similar, in a very tangential sense, route, i can only suggest balancing it out with other mysteries