Free Choice Blog 3

  For my third free choice blog I read chapter 1-6 of The Awakening. To be completely honest, I don't like this book. This book was another summer reading book that I had to read. I realized that when a student has two choice of books to read one book is more realistic and the other is more adventurous and had hidden meaningful messages. The worst part about this is that I never like the book that the teacher focuses more on. I feel like fictional books should not be so realistic. There are some books where it's nice that it's realistic because it makes the reader feel closer to the story but the stores that they give us to read are usually just to idiotic for me. I read the summery for the Awakening and I see the message behind it but I really don't like how it's been put out.  The story is really slow, boring and not appealing at all. The main character is an unhappily married wife with kids who tries to find her freedom and ends up killing herself because she finds out that the only guy she really loves wont be with her. Compared to Candid, the book that teachers don't focus on, The Awakening is lacking reader’s compassion .Not for one moment felt bad for her, wanted to understand her, or cared for her in anyway. I feel like that that's one of the main keys to a good book. My type of fictional book is the type that makes you forget about reality and makes you feel nice at the end of it.