Aftertaste

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Dracula
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Aftertaste

Post by Dracula » Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:56 pm

Hey did anyone get that weird aftertaste when you finished reading the book?

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Re: Aftertaste

Post by intrige » Tue Nov 25, 2014 4:27 am

Oh yes, after the first time I was really creeped out. But I also liked it alot and understood Oskar and Eli more, so.. What gives :)
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Re: Aftertaste

Post by seigezunt » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:45 pm

I'd describe it more as a hunger.
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Re: Aftertaste

Post by cmfireflies » Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:50 am

How do you mean? The ending of the book is actually heartwarming. If there was any weird aftertaste it would be towards the beginning and the middle.
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Re: Aftertaste

Post by Jameron » Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:07 pm

seigezunt wrote:I'd describe it more as a hunger.
Absolutely, the hunger for a further 900 pages of story. :D

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Re: Aftertaste

Post by drakkar » Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:11 pm

I didn't taste anything, however I got kicked in my stomach.
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Re: Aftertaste

Post by seigezunt » Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:36 pm

Jameron wrote:
seigezunt wrote:I'd describe it more as a hunger.
Absolutely, the hunger for a further 900 pages of story. :D

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I almost reported your post, because I thought that was a "like" button I was clicking. LOL

But yeah, like.
"She can fly, she has amazing and horrifying powers, she isn’t exactly a boy or a girl, she can’t come inside unless she’s invited ... and she loves him. That’s enough."

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Re: Aftertaste

Post by Jameron » Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:20 pm

seigezunt wrote:
Jameron wrote:
seigezunt wrote:I'd describe it more as a hunger.
Absolutely, the hunger for a further 900 pages of story. :D

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I almost reported your post, because I thought that was a "like" button I was clicking. LOL

But yeah, like.
:mrgreen:

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"For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli’s eyes. And what he saw was … himself. Only much better, more handsome, stronger than what he thought of himself. Seen with love."

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Re: Aftertaste

Post by Ash » Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:28 am

After the pool scene a lesser author might have dropped the ball and descended into sentimentality or, heaven forbid, had Oskar go back home.
My aftertaste, if that's what you can call it, came from the perfect ending scene. So simple and right and natural that it was IMO the piece de resistance of the film.
After all the horribleness, they remain uncorrupted by events, just two happy kids on a train.

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