Friday, 10 January 2014

S - TRANSLATOR'S NOTE AND FOREWORD

WARNING: These posts will contain spoilers for anyone who hasn't read the book!

The first thing that strikes me about this book, is the sheer amount of detail that the publishers have allowed this author to go into, as Rebecca says we have many different coloured inks on the pages (that at first I found a little hard to decipher, but I think Rebecca is right, its a timeline of Jen and Eric, rather than new characters or that they've'e changed pen) but we also have the added letter that you can remove to read, not only is it in english, but also the foreign language it was originally written in.


                        The foreign letter included in the book                         The book is copywrited to V.M.Stark and never to 
                                                                                                     JJ.Abrams 


                                          This part gave me actual goosebumps, I had to restrain myself from
                                           flicking through the entire book to find more of them. Is this a message
                                           from Starka ? Is he reading ? Does it mean their assumptions on this
                                           page are correct ?

The story so far seems like it's almost 3 books in one, the story of V.M. Straka (VMS)has written, the mystery of  F.X. Caldeira (FXC) and the notemakers, rather that the original 2 I first expected, and although to begin with it can be difficult to find the flow with reading this book, once you've found it, there's no stopping, it's a page turner like no other, except you're so deeply involved you find yourself rereading very slowly so that you don't miss a thing. 

My theories so far are obviously limited (Rebecca did you have any ?) but I'm so very curious as ti why FXC has written these footnotes. I don't think any of the current ideas the note makers have come up with are the right ones, but its too early to rule them out.

My current theories are:

  • FXC is wife/lover/partner to VMS and is either a) trying to hide his true whereabouts b) find him 
  • FXC is the murderer and trying to put readers off the scent
  • Moody is related to VMS is some way

I'd love to hear what yours are!

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Jessica X



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