"LTNLEYN" thoughts

I have many thoughts about the book, Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name, by Vendela Vida. Although I have only read up to page 76, I have enjoyed this book so far. Usually, teachers assign books that are confusing and complicated and then we tear it apart and find symbolism every day in class. However, I feel that I have a good understanding of the plot. There are a few gaps/borders that I have already come across. It is hard for me to understand where Clarissa is coming from when she talks about her mom abandoning her at the mall and never coming back. My mother has never left my family, not even for a night. I felt it was childish for her to run away, because she is doing exactly what her mom did to her, to her fiance. Not telling anyone where she is going seems stupid because her finance will probably file a missing person report. I liked how the author included the flashback of when she was younger and her mom was still around because it helped me understand how she got to where she is today. I lost my grandfather to cancer last year, so I share her pain when she had the "funeral" for her mother. Funerals are sad, but it does bring closure to the relationship. 

I identified with her when she was traveling alone for a long period of time. I fly by myself a lot to go home over breaks and visit my friends who have moved. Traveling can make for a long and boring day and it has made me grumpy. I can understand why she got mad when she thought she was going to have to share a sleeper with the men who were smoking. I would have been mad in her situation too, because when you are traveling, all you want to do is sleep and get to your destination. When she got to where her birth dad lives and visited his church, it made me anxious. I wanted everything to work out for her, since she seems to have had a lot of obstacles in her life. After she said her name, he knew exactly who she was, and it made me want to keep reading to find out. You know a book is good when you want to keep reading and not put it down.