I think I may be enjoying A Separate Peace as much as I am because I secretly invision Gene and Finny as having a forbidden gay love for each other. It's so there. "Gene, you're my best friend," Finny sighed, curled in a cocoon of his sand dune. Gene furrowed his brows and kept silent. 'I couldn't say anything because the truth might have come out...that is I love you, Finny! Please accept my undying passion for you!' Gene thought with a frustration in his loins.

I don't know why people trash the book like they do. I mean, sure, I didn't really enjoy The Great Gatsby because I HAD to read it for class in a minimal amount of time. The same goes for A Separate Peace, and it's probably just as long, but I feel that I can relate with the characters a bit more because they're more around my age and, well, attractive. As much as I've said I hate Orlando Bloom, I picture him as Gene, don't ask. In the beginning I gave all of the characters English accents because, well, Orlando Bloom is British (I think?), but when I found out that it is in fact an American-based book, I was a little crest-fallen. No more British accents at risk of being OOC.

The point is, the only reason people might have hated this book is because they hated their English teacher and the fact that they had to read a book they had no interest in for a mere grade. I find that bogus; of the English teachers, that is. I hate it when you're forced to read something you have no desire in reading, either...but then again, don't call the book shit just because you're too incompetent to value it's retrospective insight for its time and relation in common era.

Anyway, it's a pretty cool book, but that may be because it reminds me of The Emperor's Club. That was a good movie. Was there a book for that? I still have a lot of books I'd like to read, but....eh. School ends in like...two weeks maximum for me. Better get crackin'!

-Grimster