We finished Name all the Animals over the weekend and are supposed to report on it. My report is on the characters, namely Alison, Roy and Terri. The author(and main character) makes the characters very realistic since they are real people and all the things they said were said in real life, giving them a very down to earth feel. They might jave been real, but I didn't really like them.
Alison, who is the main character, I found annoyingly non-productive. She never really grew as a character, simply going from normal to depressed to normal again. She was also horny as hell which I found somewhat uncomfortable. She didn't really do anything for me.
Roy, who is dead, is a complicated character because you never really get to know him. He lives only in her memories and those memories are usually about good times, so he strikes you as a good guy. I'm sure he was a good guy, but it was odd having a character that you never heard anything bad about.
Terri, Alison's girlfriend was a main character, but you didn't really see into her head. Most of the scenes with her were riddled with Alison's insecurities. She isn't very insecure like most girls her age and she feels very new age to me(not that that's a bad thing). I found myself being disappointed with her when she got a new girlfriend out of the blue like she did, though. All in all, I wasn't a huge fan of the characters but I didn't hate them either.
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