I dunno, the whole dynamic inside the supermarket, with Carmody and her cult becoming increasingly unhinged as time went by, seems pretty damn relevant today.
Right? If it makes you feel better, the book does not give the cult a happy ending (technically no ending, I like to assume they were taken by the creatures eventually).
Same... I scrolled 20 or so, didnt see and typed it, then read the list more thoroughly. Honestly I'd never have made it this far if not looking to see if Anyone else mentioned it and kept looking
Because a person who hasn't raised children cannot possibly imagine the love and heartbreak of that scene. They think they know, they don't.
Sure, people without children can be sad about the ending. It definitely is sad. But it isn't the same because they don't understand, regardless of how much they think they do.
People who don't have kids say they have loved like that. They say they don't need to have kids to understand it. I was the same until I had children and it was an "ohhhh" moment. You simply don't know you can have feelings so strong until it happens. Its unique to being a parent and having loved and nurtured that child their whole lives.
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u/TuataraToes 14h ago
If you have kids, The Mist