A reading note to commemorate the days of hotel quarantine. The long week has finally passed, and I am back safely. It is really a happy thing.
The person who steals the shadow is also the male protagonist. His parents had conflicting feelings since childhood, and he could sensitively feel the changes in the atmosphere, so he had the existence of a "shadow". (This novel has a bit of a fantasy feel, and I was a bit uncomfortable reading it at first. The protagonist can really see other people’s shadows and talk to others).
Because he lost his father's love since childhood, his father's betrayal of his mother, and his mother's emotional changes, he felt that something unfortunate was happening to him. He became a "Shadow Stealer" and had the special ability to peer into people's innermost beings and see their true pain. What is very interesting is that in the article, the male protagonist goes up to the attic alone to have a conversation with the shadow. The shadow tells him that his special function is to save the people around him.
Ivan is a special character, the hero's "big friend" when he was a child. When the male protagonist was bullied by his classmates as a child, Ivan would always appear at the right time and accompany him. When the male protagonist lost his mother and was depressed and lonely, Ivan appeared again and handed back the letter that the male protagonist had given him when he was a child.
At the same time, it is also explained at the end why the male protagonist has this special function. Ivan said: "The difference between you and other children since you were a child is that you have the ability to feel misfortune, not just for yourself, but also for other people. And you have just grown up now."
The male protagonist has a very sensitive personality due to his own family misfortune since childhood, and he can also empathize with the misfortunes of others. The shadows also said that his special powers were not given to him for free, but to help these people. I think this is also a kind of healing for his own childhood misfortune. By helping others change their misfortune, they express their own misfortune and enhance their own happiness appeal.
At this point, I was full of sympathy and pity for the male protagonist, which shows how much harm a bad family can do to a child. Isn't the male protagonist the epitome of millions of people in this world? Some people live numbly in pain throughout their lives, while some people continue to heal themselves throughout their lives. But I was lucky enough to have a happy childhood, great
In addition, it may be that people of different age groups will have different perceptions when reading the book. I really don’t like the male protagonist’s attitude towards his college girlfriend, so I don’t like the male protagonist on this point. Every relationship should be treated seriously. Treat is.
Overall, this book is not as good as expected, but it is okay and makes my quarantine life less boring.