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Because I started from the first chapter, my initial reaction was that the story had a slow start. Even though the story does not pick up pace, I found myself wanting to know more about her life, because in a way I could definitely see parts of me in her. I think a lot of people all have a little bit of them in her, but do not realize it. I like how there is suspense in the novel. For example when Kit and Giles’s friendship was on hold, then Kit tells Giles he forgives him for what he did. However the author chooses to ignore that for a while, which made me want to read more of the book. I also liked the changes in narration from Una to Ahab to Starbuck…Etc. It's more interesting than Prodigal Summer's change in stories, because it’s more unpredictable. There's no repetitive to it but rather a kind of freshness.

I could definitely relate to Una in many ways. Maybe not what happened to her exactly or her actions per se, but rather thinking about the underlying reasons and explanations behind her actions and the decisions she makes: Staying together with Kit even when he goes mad, and deciding to lie to both her aunt and her mom, even though she's a very obedient girl.)

Una's world is a world filled with choices she has to make on her own. This novel has factors of constraints that society and her father sets upon her, ambiguous figures of her dream, not being nudged by her father and many other ones. I can see the whole course coming together with this book. She makes decisions that I wouldn't normally have to face (so far), so I have to take time to think about why she makes certain choices. For most of the time I can analyze her actions with the readings we've read and from what I learnt from writing my papers.