Feb 20, 2011
Flash Burnout
by J.K. Madigan
I liked Blake’s point of view. I didn’t think he was that funny, but I liked how he tried to use his humor to get him through some tough situations. I thought that overall he was a pretty honest character who suffered some honest and real situations. I think it’s quite common to fall into other people’s lives and try and save them or try and help them out of their fucked up situations. I think Marissa was lost and couldn’t really accept the help from the people who were healthy enough to help her. She kept wanting her mother to do everything.
I feel like the ending was too abrupt. We never really find out what happens to Marissa or her mother. But I guess that’s how life is sometimes, people just fall out of our lives and we never really know what happens to them. Facebook and other digital forms of communication make it a little easier, but still, I feel like sometimes, once people are gone, they’re gone for good. And all we can do is hold on to the time that was spent together.