First I have to say, I took notes on this section. I wanted to give a good thorough thought to how eerily beautiful and hauntingly this has started out. The way he's described his death and how he has allowed himself to become stuck in a spirit form was really well written. There were a couple times I had to force myself to continue because I was visualizing much more than I really wanted to. Similar to Shelley's Frankenstein. I will forever creep myself out with the line, "He left to gather the parts." It shows how you can say so much with so little.
No, all my notes and thoughts went out the window when I got to Marie's letter to Wendy. The incredible perceptiveness of this child toward her parents is amazing. While most children don't want to acknowledge their parents have sex (I raise my hand in this crowd), Marie thinks it's wonderful. The way she described her parents has made me want to sit back and look at my own parents more carefully. I've made the comment to them once that I firmly believe that when one of them dies, the other won't survive long. I know they love each other that much. I don't know that I could describe my parents' love for one another with the intensity that Marie describes Chris and Ann's. It's absolutely beautiful.
Of everything that Matheson described so well, Marie's letter stood out for me the most. It was very beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. With everything described so well in the first part, I'm almost very curious to see how the rest of the book goes.
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