The metallic liquid begins to fill up, and at the last second, just as the fluid rises above her chin, Nora screams, and we cut to a blue sky. If you’re risking your life to reunite with your long-lost children, is the last-second memory that flashes through your brain at the moment of truth the worst thing that ever happened to you? I worried for Nora just then, and wished that those final moments were reinforced by happy memories of her children, too - like birthday parties and baby steps and days at the beach. Their voices echo through her mind, and I had to wonder if that prominent nightmare was a good or bad sign. We’re not sure why or if the rapture actually occurred. The story is basically as follows: the post rapture - only more secularized. It has all of the elements of a book I enjoy, a large cast of characters, an interesting plot, and yet this book for me is a complete fail. As she makes her way to a clear orb, she flashes back to the morning of the Departure, when she snapped at her children at the breakfast table just moments before they vanished. Tom Perrotta’s The Leftovers is a book that I really want to like. Prepped for her procedure, Nora disrobes and enters the truck alone, following the very specific instructions given by the doctors.
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