Fallen Book Discussion (Week 3)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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L’eggo my eggo! Okay, what up with Luce and her “Waffle
Day?” I get that waffles taste good and
stuff, but really, going off about how she looked forward to them? Maybe her life was a little…dull at home.
“She could roll over in bed on a Tuesday morning, and before she was aware of anything else, she knew instinctively what day it was.” –p. 81
I
want a waffle day! My mom never makes me
breakfast and even though I really don’t eat waffles, I still want a day where
my mom will make me them for breakfast.
Tuesday, it is… Hey, Jackie today is Tuesday! Did you have your waffles today?
Why no Gina! I didn’t have my
waffles today, so I guess I will lay in a ditch and die like Luce seems to want
to without her waffles. Stupid waffles. Wow, you don’t have to seem so morbid. She is just a teen full of angst, geez. After mourning over the loss of losing her
waffle day, she realizes something really important. Yea, as if today
could get any worse, Luce realizes she is late for…..DETENTION, WHERE ALL
DREAMS DIE. And lucky for Luce, she gets
to spend it in a cemetery! That’s
exactly where I would want to be! Not to
mention that Luce notices that the mausoleums in the middle seem to make the
cemetery suck down, which is just like the school sucking out your very
soul! At sunrise, no less. That is some torture. Not to mention that when she gets there, no
one is in sight. Penn shows up and tells
her that she is actually supposed to set foot in the cemetery to meet the
group. But how would Luce even know that
to begin with? It was like they were
setting her up for failure. I know!
And she never did get those wonderful waffles…I would be upset too (not
about the waffles though). Luce finds
her way down to learn that she has been holding everyone up and that they have
to pair up with someone else. Luce has
the lovely discomfort and humiliation of no one wanting to be her partner until
Cam comes forward and definitely wants to be her partner (and not just a
cemetery partner either).
‘“I’ll catch up with you after, okay?” he said to her, like it was a promise she’d asked him to keep.” –p. 88
Oh yes, Cam strutting towards her, at a
very quick pace, none of my partners in school ever came at me that quickly,
geez! But Arriane steps in to claim
Luce as her partner, poor, poor, desperate Cam.
But
Arriane doesn’t just claim her as a partner, but it sounds more like that
Arriane thinks of her as the last slice of pie at dinner. Luce is just someone who may be useful to
Arriane in the long run so Arriane is taking advantage of her, or it seems that
way. Well, that or Luce being her slave, as Arriane has called
Luce in the past. Cam graciously lets
Arriane be Luce’s partner, but says he will see her later. At least, she
gives her a choice on what statue to work on.
“’So. Do you want the avenging angel, or the fleshy embracing lovers?”’ –p. 89
I
definitely take the angel too. Not only
is that foreshadowing, at its best (thank you, Lauren Kate! Literary elements
at work!), but I think the lovers would be embarrassing to handle.
Readers, this is what I call Gina’s English obsession moment, or English
major guru moment, only she would add information about literary elements. Yes, their punishment for detention is
to clean the cemetery’s statues. So, just take a moment to pause and
think about who would show up in the cemetery….Daniel, of course! Yeah, he was there. I wonder what crime he got busted for, for
landing him in detention. And think about if he had been
Luce’s partner (ignoring the fact that her seems to hate her guts for no
apparent reason) and what statue they would have chosen, perhaps the lover’s
statue, as Gina said, foreshadowing. Actually,
I’m not saying if that would be foreshadowing or not. The lovers’ statue is a couple in a very
intimate, NUDE embrace, that would imply: Maybe Daniel would want to help scrub that statue
off…cough, cough.
“’Scrub-a-dub-dub,” Arriane said, almost singing. “I like to pretend I’m giving them a little bath.”’ –p. 89-90
*shaking
head* This is really bad. Who could have
thought that being in detention could have been so dirty, since ya know, the statues are filthy? :D Anyways, Roland and Chester the Molester (aka
Arriane’s nickname for Cam) get to work on the lovers’ statue…okay is it me or
would you not want to work with a guy who has a nickname with Molester in it
and working on a lover statue? How
do you think he got the name, Chester the Molester? The name sort of sounds like something I
would name my cat; I don’t know why but I would. Kinda weird if you ask me. Poor
Roland. I wonder what kind of
relationship Cam and Roland have to be on such good terms to be scrubbing a
naked statue together? Ohhhh la la! I guess someone named Chester
the Molester has to
have an intriguing relationship with someone who is helping him clean a lovers’
statue…I wonder if they grow more compassionate towards each other after
this? Okay, then. After our extremely long intermission of nonsense,
Luce and Arriane are scrubbing the angel statue, with (I’m sure) with less fun
Cam and Roland are having, when Arriane asks what Luce had done to get landed
in Sword & Cross. Luce outs herself,
only to have Arriane too happy to have her in her group of friends.
“’You know, Roland and I were just talking about how we don’t have any pyro-maniac friends. And everyone knows you need a good pyro to pull off any reform school prank worth the effort.”’ –p. 93
Then Arriane walks away to go tell Roland
about Luce. Caught in the middle of
staring at Daniel, Luce is surprised when Molly walks up to her and tells her to
stay away from him. Daniel seems to have
sensed that his name was mentioned and goes up to Luce to ask what Molly had
said. How did he freaking hear his name
from all the way over there? It’s his
super-hearing powers! So he comes over
and Luce thinks he is flirting with her.
FLIRTING! I have never seen
flirting like this. Yea, especially the kind that when
she cracks her knuckles.
“Daniel cupped his hand over hers. “I hate it when you do that.”’ –p. 96
Alrighty, so why does he say that? It seems like he has seen her do it
before…but he seems to hate her guts…can this guy choose a side already? It seems creepy, I suppose. But now after reading the whole entire
series, it seems like Daniel is messing up… BIG TIME! I’m keeping my eye on you, Danny-boy.
The boy directly wants to know what this girl says. He sounds distinctly uninterested. But, shadows start to move around Luce.
She is having a hard time concentrating on Daniel because of the
shadows. She keeps looking at the sky
and he keeps wondering what she is looking at.
I don’t know…I think he
might be able to kind of see what she is looking at, I mean he is a different
guy and seems to be looking right where Luce is. All of the sudden, the angel statue starts to
collapse, but Daniel wraps his arm around Luce and protects her from the statue
that would have probably killed her. Okay,
bonus points for saving Luce’s life Daniel, I can appreciate that. 1 point for Daniel. 0 points for
Cam. Oh, but wait, Daniel practically
just dumps her on the ground and Cam checks to see if she is okay. Now they are even. 1 for Danny | 1 for Cammy. But, of course, Molly the Monster has to have
the last word.
“It was Molly, just inches behind her shoulder, who whispered, “Looks like someone should start listening when I give advice.”’ –p. 99
Still no waffles for Luce. Without waffles, her day will only get
worse from here.
FIVE:
THE INNER CIRCLE
I <3 Best Friends!!
You can call your best friend “mom” when she nags you. I am sure everyone likes friends. Luce calls Callie, her best friend from
Dover, instead of calling her parents. I
think she has a little trouble with priorities.
Yup, Emma it is nice
having friends, especially having me as one of them!!! You guys are so lucky!
;) If I were Luce, I wouldn’t want to
call my mom who abandoned me at this crazy school either, Callie is a good
choice. Even though she, of course, asks
Luce about how things are going and about the guys there. All
Luce can manage is a quote from Roman Holiday, a favorite movie of theirs:
“’There was a man, he was so mean to me. It was wonderful.’” –p. 102
Luce (being a typical girl) doesn’t want to
mention the mysterious, brooding stranger whom she seems to like…a lot. So they talk about Chester
the – I mean, Cam. Well, it was
either Daniel, who basically all she has to say about him is that he is
incredibly hot and gave her the finger the other day, or she could talk about
Cam, who may be just as gorgeous and gave her his “business card.” So Cam it was.
“Speak of the devil.” –p. 103
and he shall appear!! Oh, by the way, *glares at meanie head
friends* I don’t appreciate the sarcasm, Gina, and get it right, Jackie, YOU
are lucky to have ME!! Yes, Emma I should praise the ground you
walk on and kiss your feet whenever you walk into a room…*rolls eyes and
giggles* *glares and then laughs and hugs Jackie* I knew you’d see it my
way. Anyway,
Cam does show up, since it is almost the time he signed up for the phone, but
he was going to let Luce stay on the phone and take his time. I don’t think it was his time at
all. I think that he just wanted an
excuse to talk to Luce. Even if he did
have three younger sisters, I still don’t think he would be the type to call
any of them. Nope, I think he was just
checking up on Luce. Luce feels badly though because Cam
has been nothing but nice to her and doesn’t want to take advantage of him, so
even though Callie is yelling at her to not hang up, Luce decides to let Cam
have his time. With her.
“’Don’t you dare hang up on me,” Callie protested. “You’ve told me nothing. Nothing!”’ –p. 104-105
Except when she was about to say her goodbyes, the phone hung up
on her, stupid timers! It’s all better when flirting ensues, until the creepy
crawly shadows appear, scaring the bejeazus out of Luce. Just when I thought she was going to have a
heart attack, *hums the superhero theme* DANIEL TO THE RESCUE!! Well, sorta, the shadows disappear when he
enters the room with the phones. Daniel must have
these awesome powers to make those shadows leave. How does he do that? Daniel comes in on the weirdest time though
because it was flirting time. Cam
invites her to his party. And she has to
look at Daniel for permission! Okay, so I was thinking that Cam
shows up, shadows show up. Daniel shows
up, they magically go poof! And
vanish. Every time. Coincidence? I think not! Yea, she looks at Daniel as if she needs his
approval, what ever happened to using your own mind, not looking at a guy to
decide if you were going to party or not.
But, luckily, Daniel nods his head, giving her *permission* to go to the
party. Wow, way to think for yourself
Luce. You’re not letting men dominate
your life, no not at all! Yea, she’s a real
modern woman. Next thing you know, Penn
is dragging Luce to the social, a reform school version of movie night. On the way to the auditorium they run into
Arriane, and then they all run to the social together in record time to avoid the chair next to the Mr. Cole presiding over
the social. Unfortunately for Sir
Fidgets, Arriane waves him over, and offers him the evil chair. The evil chair is the seat next to Mr.
Cole, a soul sucker of the academy. I
wouldn’t want that seat at all. Daniel
and Roland show up late and get to sit on the floor, anything to avoid that
seat next to that teacher.
“As the three girls step through the metal detector at the door, Penn said, “Whoever sits there has to help pass out his weekly ‘mental health’ surveys.”
“Which wouldn’t be so bad—” Arriane chimed in.“—if you didn’t have to stay late to analyze the findings,” Penn finished.” –p. 110
The
movie was Starman, something I have
never seen, but I’m sure that one of the ancient teachers picked it. The movie seems boring, judging by the
trailer.
“At her side, Molly slithered up and whispered a shorter version in her ear: “To Luce, who will never know.” –p. 118
Yea, I think Molly and some other people
(Daniel) know something Luce doesn’t. It
seems that they don’t want Luce to find out whatever it is that is going on
either. I have decided. I hate Monster Molly J Penn comes up to Luce and seems to be
having a good time. Then Roland grabs
the microphone and starts the entertainment part of the night!
So yea, Roland being
the lovely friend he is, volunteers Danny boy to sing in front of everyone,
which Daniel doesn’t like too much, so he declines Roland’s generous
proposal. So Roland graces everybody
with his vocal talents as Dan gets up and starts to leave. Perfect timing! Luce can finally catch up
with Danny boy and talk to him…alone.
But, as she gets up to try and depart, Arriane shouts out that Luce is
volunteering to sing, which Luce is shocked by and then says no.
“’Oh, snap, is that my girl stepping up to sing?’” –p. 120
Luce runs out claiming she is saving Sir Fidgets from paperwork
duty. Aww, what a sweet lie!! Cam, continuing
his reign as king of flirting, tries to join her. But as we know, that would ruin
everything!! Luce runs out of there and
overhears Danny boy and Gabbe talking in secret. Do we even know Gabbe enough? What has she done that makes Daniel so upset
that they are fighting over it? And
Daniel seems a bit frustrated by whatever is going on. Gabbe doesn’t mind and switches to her
normal, positive (and possibly, fake) self.
“…she heard Gabbe say, in a saccharine voice that made Luce decide once and for all that she hated her. “I’m the only one you’ve got.’” –p. 122
Think about it:
Why
do you think Molly would be giving Luce advice about Daniel?
What
is Daniel and Gabbe fighting over that has Daniel all upset?
3 comments
And I quote: "'Cause Molly's a real jerk"
ReplyDelete"They're in luuuuuuuv"
I feel like I probably should read the book before I read your discussions! lol so many spoilers (at least in my mind!)
ReplyDeleteMolly is just that type of girl, she needs to be up in everybody's business. She seems to be in the know about everything.
ReplyDeleteDaniel and Gabbe are fighting over telling Luce the truth about everything. Its better if she knows, Daniel disagrees.