Reggie ends up getting Jackson's help to find Dr. Hunter and her baby. They were kidnapped by the man that murdered her mother. In this last section, Reggie hits the worst point in her investigation. She feels there is no one she can turn to, "Where did a person go when they had no one to turn to and nowhere left to run"(281)? This quote makes the reader pity Reggie and it feels like there is no hope for her. It feels as though this is where her life will end, she will never find Dr. Hunter. Then she goes to visit Jackson in the hospital and learns that he used to be a detective, Reggie asks him, "So you used to find people"(284)? This is when the reader starts to have faith in Reggie. She may have found a way to find Dr. Hunter. Maybe someone will start to believe in her. She doesn't have any support so when Jackson seems to know something about finding people, she is overjoyed.
Reggie believes that everyone she knows is dead. Many people that she loved and cared about had died recently and she felt alone in the world. However when Jackson ends up living and Dr. Hunter and her baby are saved, Reggie is beginning to think otherwise. Reggie says to Jackson, "Everyones dead"(307). And then Jackson replies, "I'm not, you're not"(307). Jackson is always giving Reggie hope. He acts as her father figure. Reggie is basically an orphan because her mother died three years ago. When Jackson comes along he treats her like a daughter and supports her in her search for Dr. Hunter. Reggie exclaims to Jackson, "We are a family"(309). This is about the end of the book when Reggie finally isn't so alone in the world. They have retrieved Dr. Hunter, her baby and Jackson is not a part of her family. I was very pleased with the ending of the book. Everything seems to turn out okay. Throughout the book Reggie is so overwhelmed with everything going on in her life that it is hard to be happy. The book is titled, "when will there be good news." This is another hint that the book is a sad book. Finally at the end of the book there is good news and everyone seems to be happy. Throughout the book I was always wondering what was going to happen next. This was a very good book because it was interesting, yet very complex.
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THe selflessness that Jackson has displayed earlier is present again here as he tries to help Reggie as he sits in the hospital. Also the depressed Jackson from the beginning of the book is seen here with a bit of insight and hope in the world. Jackson was Reggie's savior here as he had been for many other people and his character reminds us of the goodness in people, the potential we all have. This was a great post and it makes me want to pick up the book myself.
It does sound like a very interesting and intense book, but i'm glad that you liked the ending. It sounds like the book is worth reading. I'm also glad that by the end of the book the reader begins to stop pitting Reggie, because life is going better for her. Good post!
It's great that the ending finally had some sort of light feeling, to contrast the sadness in the book. Being that Reggie always felt alone, but in the end had someone to turn to can be something that many people can relate to, which makes the story easier to read, then it has an ending giving reggie hope which also can draw a reader in. I definitely feel like I should read this. It's good to know that there's some sort of happy ending in story with someone who feels alone, and hopeless.
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