söndag 17 april 2011

Linger - fourth post

This was supposed to be my last text about this book but since I’ve not even read less than half of the book I will write a short last post next week on the Easter holiday.
This time I read about 40 pages and Sam has become nineteen. Grace thought of surprising him on his work with a romantic take-away dinner. But then she realized there is no such place near Mercy Falls, so she went to Subway. Not that romantic but better than nothing. Since Grace’s parents like Sam less and less, so instead of going home they stayed in the bookstore on the private loft.
On Grace’s birthday, the same year as the two of them met, Sam read his favorite poem to Grace. Since then she’s started to read poetry and really liked it. She wanted to thank Sam so she lighted some candle sticks, turned off the lights and laid a paper in his hand. There was a written text by Grace that said that Sam was paid for a singing audition I Duluth.
Sam’s biggest hobby is to sing and play the guitar so he got completely overwhelmed. But the same night, when they were going to bed Grace was very hot. And in the middle of the night Sam woke up by the sound of a screaming and crying Grace. He puts his hand on her forehead and she was burning hot but it was something else to…
She smelled strongly of wolf! When you’re near to change into a wolf you smell like a it.  And in the first book you get to know that Grace had been bitten by a wolf. Later she got looked in their car by her dad. It was so hot that she was cured from being a werewolf. To make Sam cured; they got him a malaria injection when he was transformed into a wolf. At the same time they tried to cure Isabel´s brother but he didn´t make it in his human body.  Sam won’t believe that he no longer transforms into a wolf on the cold parts of the year. But he is still not shore of the cure and worries about it almost all the time. You could say that Sam was prepared that something bad would happen.
When Sam tries to calm Grace, who is asleep sleep, Grace’s parents come into the room and sees Sam in there. They didn’t know he has slept there for the last two months.
Grace’s father tells Sam to go home, away from their house and to think about if he really should contact Grace again. The Brisbane family went to the hospital though both Sam and Grace try to explain the situation. None of the parents were open for any suggestions what so ever. So when Grace needs Sam the most, he has no choice than drive to his own home.
But where is his home? He’s always been at Grace’s place and he was adapted to Mercy Falls so he can’t go to his parents. He decides to go to the bookstore but change his mind and turns the car to the wolf packs house in the woods. There he meets Isabel and the new member of the pack, Cole. Isabel explains that he can’t stay at her place. Her parents will go nuts if they see him so he needs to stay in the house. Like Sam doesn’t have enough of problems as it is! Cole gets a bed and then both guys go to sleep.
In the morning when Sam has gone to work, Cole decides to sneak around a bit. He wants to know more about Sam. In a drawer in the desk he finds Sam’s adoption papers, some documents that say that the house belongs to him and Beck and an article from a newspaper. The text is about why Sam was adopted. His parents had tried to kill him in the bathtub by cutting his wrists with a razorblade. When Cole takes a look at the photos in the house he can see the scares on Sam’s arms. And suddenly Cole doesn’t feel that sorry for himself anymore.
I haven’t got to know Cole so much, but when I read this chapter about Cole’s little mission, I realized I don’t know so much about Sam either. But I still feel like I know Sam extremely well. The author, Maggie Stiefvater, is amazing and she succeeds to write in a way that I can make my own conclusion of Sam.  In my opinion he’s that guy every girl really needs. A guy that’s caring, fun, intelligent, gorgeous (oh yes, he’s very good looking in my mind), confident and radiates calmness around him, but still feels mysterious. If a guy like this is available, I’m the first in line. I really hope these three books will affect the rest of the world and that some good director can make films of them. I will be the first in that line too!

Written by Dynamit-Harry

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