![]() ![]() A break-up that happened 10 years ago! Sheeesh! Because of a break-up with her teen-aged boyfriend. The break-up was brought on by her unexpected teen pregnancy (which she aborted), but Nora herself makes it clear that she was not upset so much by the pregnancy or the abortion: it was the break-up with James that has left her an emotional wreck as an adult, unable to form stable, long-term relationships. ![]() My god, but you would think the world all but ended when she broke up with her boyfriend, James, over ten years ago, and, yes, Yes, 16! What kind of loser is so affected by an adolescent relationship that she or he allows it to poison all of her or his adult relationships? I'll tell you what kind of loser: the whiny, childish, immature, insipid Nora. She is a 26-year-old woman who is still haunted by and distraught over a break-up that happened when she was 16. To be fair, I didn't hate Nora so much as find myself repulsed by her. Earlier this year, I found Rachel, the protagonist of The Girl on the Train, to be annoying and very unlikable, but I didn't hate her. ![]() ![]() I don't think I've disliked a protagonist as much as Nora, the main character in In a Dark, Dark Wood, in ages. ![]()
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