"Wild" Discussion - February Book Club

[longhornwino0907]

Feb 23, 2015 13:27:26 GMT -5 becwheat said:

Feb 23, 2015 9:53:13 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

13. Why is it so crucial that, after extolling her mother throughout the book, Cheryl lists her mother’s faults and failures?
As children, we often see our parents in their best light, as perfect individuals. But that's not the case at all, and most of us realize that as we grow older. Parents are as imperfect as the rest of us, and they're just trying their best. It's important that Cheryl realize this simply as a part of growing up. Her mother did the best she could, but by no means was she perfect.

I may try to come back and answer more as I finish processing the book, since I just finished last night. But overall, it was a great read and I would recommend it.

See... I feel like Cheryl loved her mom, but she actually saw her her "faults" more than her perfection growing up. She often refers to being poor and to her mom dating around. To her mom having poor taste in books and other things.

It is clear she had moments where she saw her mom being the perfect person, but I think Cheryl was extremely hard on her mom, which she even admits.

That's true. Maybe it's more of Cheryl outlining her mother's fault to reinforce the facts that faults =/= a bad person. So she's, in a way, reassuring herself that even though she (Cheryl) has made mistakes, her mom did, too, and was still a good person overall.

[wirt2cute]

Feb 22, 2015 14:06:11 GMT -5 DanaScullyX said:

I didn't like the book. I found Cheryl herself so unlikable, and I don't think we ever really saw her deal with anything. She doesn't change. I don't think she grew. And she bored me.

I tried really hard to like Cheryl but I found myself not liking her either.

[mill23]

Feb 23, 2015 20:05:00 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

WHY DIDN'T ANYONE WARN ME ABOUT THE DAMN HORSE?!?!

Yeeeaaahhh that was traumatizing. I fast forwarded during that scene in the movie so I don't know if they toned it down or not. It felt so out of place with the rest of the book.

[Sparkly]

Feb 23, 2015 20:05:00 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

WHY DIDN'T ANYONE WARN ME ABOUT THE DAMN HORSE?!?!

yeah I hated that part. I think I blocked it out.

[diamondsndaisies]

Just got to the horse part.....that was terrible. I used to have a horse growing up and FIL raises them so it hit a little closer to home than I would have liked.

[ceejay]

Feb 24, 2015 17:00:46 GMT -5 diamondsndaisies said:

Just got to the horse part.....that was terrible. I used to have a horse growing up and FIL raises them so it hit a little closer to home than I would have liked.

That part was so upsetting. I've never had horses but when my first dog had to be put down, he struggled for a little while after receiving the first sedative shot. This part of the book brought back that horrible, sad memory and was difficult for me to read.