Personally,
I liked part one better than part two. Maybe its because the relationship
dynamic was more interesting than a criminal trial. However, I still enjoyed
reading it. It’s crazy to think that Hanna is so proud and fearful of her illiteracy
that she will give up her entire life to conceal her secret. I did not expect
her to take it to this extent, however a lot of things made sense after it was
officially drawn out that she could not read nor write. From part one, I implied
she was illiterate, but I forgot to connect it to the note Michael wrote when
they were on vacation or her statement regarding the files about the church
fire. It was a cool moment when Michael connected the dots and realized.
Through part one he had admired her for her strength, power and self-control,
yet in the end she lacks all of these qualities altogether and the pedestal he
put her on during their romance crumbles beneath her. He was just young and dumb,
lost in temptations of love and sex,
Numbness
is a reoccurring topic in this part of the novel. Michael constantly feels
disconnected and numb to his environment. I feel like part of this has to do
with the emotional damage of his past. Sprouting with his cold, distant father,
then completely consumed by Hanna and her psychological manipulation. I think
it will be interesting to explore this more in part three and see if he ever
recovers from his past.
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