Last night, i stayed up until 1:15am to read one of the most amazing books ever. Getting the Girl wasn't what i thought it would be. at first i was like, 'who gives a crap about beer cubes? where's the romance?' (im a romance sap for all of you who dont know :P). i thought that this was a romance book about a boy who tries to get the girl that is taken by one of the more important people to him, his brother Ruben.
but as time went on so did the girl. and as the girl came into the story, so did this whole complex character named Cameron who was struggling to fit in to the world around him. he's what you would call an underdog. he was a guy who you would look at and see nothing special about him at all compared to siblings.
but he couldnt realize that there was something so special about him. Cameron's view of the world was so beautiful and intricate. his poetry was so amazing that i found myself thinking that this was EXACTLY the kind of writer i want to be!!
he was a character that i felt like i could understand. it was amazing. i wanted to be like him. i felt that i was like him in everything he went through. i saw the thoughts that ran through his head, the things that he did, the way people looked at him and saw myself. i wondered, am i just lonely? it made things in the book so real to me that i cried. i cried so hard when i read this book many times. especially when he found out his brother called him a loser. that hurt me so much...
in the end of the story i realized that 'Getting the Girl' wasn't exactly the most important thing about the story. it wasnt really the complete plot. it was more the changes that he made in himself by the end. while Ruben was the popular fighter/playboy that always won the girl, Steve the respected and determined football player, and Sarah the hardworking young woman with a dream, Cameron became so much more than the silent shadow beside them. Cameron emerged to become something like the strong, silent type whose words were stronger than any punch or spiteful remark.
Getting the Girl was a phenomenal book. i really thought about what he said and smiled at his poems. it was gorgeous. i cried and ive never felt so much in a book. a book has never made me feel so much. not that im in love with the book or anything like that...actually i take it back. i loved this book. |
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