I think all it really takes for different people to get along is a common rooting interest and a few beers.
Matthew QuickI'm trying to let him know what I'm about to do. I'm hoping he can save me, even though I realize he can't.
Matthew QuickInstead he thinks up the worst ending imaginable: Hemingway has Catherine die from hemorrhaging after their child is stillborn. It is the most torturous ending I have ever experienced and probably will ever experience in literature, movies, or even television. I am crying so hard at the end, partly for the characters, yes, but also because Nikki actually teaches this book to children. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to expose impressionable teenagers to such a horrible ending. Why not just tell high school students that their struggle to improve themselves is all for nothing?
Matthew Quick