So I both read and watched the new movie as well as got through the book. And let me just start by saying there was quite a bit left out of the book from the movie but nothing I felt truly took away from the book. The book is gruesome. Like no joke it is one of those things that is just brutally gory which I think the second movie compared to the first acknowledged. I also think that we just saw into the characters more so than we ever had. Obviously, movies can only cover so much. But the book just made me feel closer to these kids who in the end are just children and we see that with how they interact with one another and each other. You can even bring up the group sex scene that ends up happening in it (weird part) can be equated to a coming of age portion in the book and binding all of these kids together.
1. What was your reaction to what you just read? Well I guess I am left in awe a bit. Like it is a feeling of dread and yet at the same time it is a feeling of complacence. Like the whole being used as a breading ground is interesting because it seems there is a bond that is formed between the Tlic and those Terrans who become N'Tlic. Like it is a survival thing on both ends and all highly political. Like I agree with Gan that if this is the process it should be normalized so that it isn't so shocking in the end. Yes, it is private but Terran's should know what they are getting into. Like the Terrans need the Tlic to survive and thrive this world. I don't know. I think there should be repercussions put in place that assure that the N'Tlic have a successful birth, and punishment for those Tlic who fail at that. I don't know it is like a story taking place in the beginning of modern human medicine now adays. Like some people die and with those deaths comes advan...
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