And the Shadows Took the Ending
I really enjoyed Chacon's "And the Shadows Took Him", although I was disappointed with the ending. I was hoping that there would be more closure at the end. It seemed like it ended abruptly. The ending could as very well been the ending of any given chapter. I felt more invested with Joey and what was going to happen to him and the ending did not give closure to me. Joey made a bad decision in doing the PCP, but did he recover? Would he continue his acting? These were questions that I had, that went unresolved with Chacon's ending.
When I was reading the part about Joey taking the PCP and running out into the streets with lights that were flashing and shadows of himself, I thought that he was going to get run over and die at that point. I feel that the ending would have been better if he had, as opposed to just leaving me to wonder. It would have been a tragic, but more impactful ending.
Chacon did a good job of developing all of his characters. Midway through, I felt as if I knew what all of these characters looked like, and what they would do in any particular circumstance. The book was a good read and kept me interested in what was going to happen next. Chacon did a great job of leaving cliff hangers at the end of chapters to keep me wanting to continue to read. A good example of this was when Amy told Joey at the end of a chapter that she remembered everything that happened the night she and Joey got drunk. Knowing William's history, I knew what had happened to her but I had to keep reading to prove myself correct.
Overall, I would recommend this book to everyone because it tells an important story of the importance of finding out who you are and dealing with all of the obstacles that inevitably come your way through out a lifetime.
When I was reading the part about Joey taking the PCP and running out into the streets with lights that were flashing and shadows of himself, I thought that he was going to get run over and die at that point. I feel that the ending would have been better if he had, as opposed to just leaving me to wonder. It would have been a tragic, but more impactful ending.
Chacon did a good job of developing all of his characters. Midway through, I felt as if I knew what all of these characters looked like, and what they would do in any particular circumstance. The book was a good read and kept me interested in what was going to happen next. Chacon did a great job of leaving cliff hangers at the end of chapters to keep me wanting to continue to read. A good example of this was when Amy told Joey at the end of a chapter that she remembered everything that happened the night she and Joey got drunk. Knowing William's history, I knew what had happened to her but I had to keep reading to prove myself correct.
Overall, I would recommend this book to everyone because it tells an important story of the importance of finding out who you are and dealing with all of the obstacles that inevitably come your way through out a lifetime.
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