Monday, October 18, 2010
Love, Stargirl
Don't get me wrong I love it, and I hate being cliche here, but....its not as good as the original. Are the sequels ever as good? The Toy Story sequel--not as good. The Peter Pan, Jungle Book, Transformers, the list of sequels in every genre of entertainment just are not as good. Okay I'll admit I'm being harsh here and on occasion a sequel can still be good, but does not live up to the original. Maybe its because I'm not spending enough time with Love, Stargirl as I did with Stargirl. Maybe I just can't come to terms with Leo and Stargirl not being together. In all honesty, its breaking my heart. I neeeeeeed (can't stresh the e's enough) this to have a happy ending and I'm hoping that Stargirl will tell us in her "world's longest letter," that they find each other and get back together. So far, seems very unlikely. Its a monday, and happy endings just don't seem all that probable. I look outside and see rain, even though the sun is shining. Maybe because today is just a rotten day that I feel this way about the book, maybe my expectations were just too high. Don't get me wrong, the more Stargirl the better, but I just need some happy, a glass full of sunshine in an enchanted place. Not a breakup story where lovers do not reunite. Help me out here, Spinelli.
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Ah, well see how you feel when you get to the end. The problem with a sequel and even a second date is that you have the anticipation of the first running through your being, and comparing every moment of the second to your predictions of what would happen in the first. Here, you have Stargirl, who disappeared so suddenly from Mica, and now she's in the mundane town without Leo. You know you want him to figure out where she is and show up on her doorstep, but that's too Disney, don't you think? Let Spinelli tell his tale, and let yourself be mesmerized by some of the language use and situations he dreams up. You might not be disappointed. Or, you might.
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