My Never Ending List

Something about Friday pulled me in. Her mother Vivienne and the way she would recite the deaths of the Brown women off the top of her head like poetry with dates and circumstances, creepy but intriguing. She warns Friday that someday, she herself like all the Brown women, the curse will fall into her lap and water will be the culprit of her death. She can try to run from the curse or she can dive into it, and diving into it is literally what Vivienne has been doing for years. No matter the season, the temperature or the weather, Vivienne would dunk Friday’s head under the water, pushing her to hold her breathe longer each time. Her mother hoped this would help save Friday’s life someday. Such an interesting history, deaths caused by drowning and not all the same way. If I were Friday, I would be hesitate of anything having to do with water as you just never knew when you’re time on Earth might be up. With her mother death (I think you know the cause), Friday sets off to find her father. At the train station, she sees Silence and she’s fascinated by him. With nowhere else to go, she follows him to his squat where he lives with a small group of people. With nothing to lose, she holds up with them and she starts to earn money out on the street. It has to get complicated as she’s new and things on the street are difficult for everyone, people always want what is theirs and what is not. Friday has all these choices available to her and I liked that she doesn’t flaunt them but she lives life how she wants. Sure she makes mistakes but I relished in the fact that she doing the things she wanted to do without hurting anyone. Her mom while she was growing up told her about life but until now, she is finally learning about life and who she is. The writing was unique, there were no lavish emotions spilling out of the pages, those reactions came from me, the text was how it really was, facts and details.