Monkey Island And Missing May
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were both very well written fictional books. I did not think Missing May was believable though. I don't expect a child will relate to a young orphan girl whose uncle is trying to contact the spiritual realm in search of his wife, May.
Monkey Island on the other hand was quite believable. It sound ....
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.... collects stories and Calvin writes them.
Ob from Missing May and Clay's mother from Monkey Island both seemed lost. They were both caught in a world of disillusion and denial. Ob couldn't believe that May was gone and Clay's mother had a baby coming and was terribly confused. In the end, they both seemed to find peace.
I preferred Monkey Island because it seemed the most real to me. I couldn't "exactly" relate but I know what it feels like to be alone and scared. A friend and I were once ....
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