Final thoughts

              I know we're already over Carpenter's Gothic but I just realized I never got to post my final thoughts on it. First and foremost, I just wanted to say for the first 'Gothic' themed novel I've read, this has been a great start. I liked how dark, and subtle the scenes were kind of gravitating those emotions of each of the characters towards the audience. I really did feel for some of the characters in this novel, one in particular was Liz. It seemed as though she settled throughout her life when it came to her marriage, her household; just about everything. She was never entirely fulfilled and that honestly broke my heart to see someone like that. I think it's rather ironic how relatable Liz was as a person. We work and try so hard to maintain a life that we should be proud of and somehow there are people that just settle for a life that they shouldn't obtain.
               There was one scene that put my thoughts on Liz into perspective and that's the scene where she breaks everything down for us. She exclaims, "..it never been mine, it has never been like coming home. Because we've never had one".(PG 244) I feel like this was the scene where she finally admitted how hopeless she felt. She kept it all inside of her as much as she could until finally she breaks. I guess at a point, we all reach that limit where we just crack. We can't keep things bottled inside of us all our lives. We saw her vulnerability.