Response to Ethos- Julia

I have to say, first of all, that I never cry during books. I'm not sure why. I have only cried twice while reading- when reading So B. It and when reading Marley and Me. So needless to say, this book did not make me cry. However, it did pull at my heart a little when the Admiral was having his "get-together" with all of the people who had his unwound son's body parts. It made me feel happy and sad at the same time- happy because he was somewhat getting his son back, and sad because he was never really going to be able to see his son again. That was probably the point in the book where I had the most emotional reaction. I also was pretty excited during the end, when the Chop Shop was blown up. I didn't want Connor to be unwound, so as he was being taken to the Chop Shop I was internally chanting, "Set the Chop Shop on fire. Set the Chop Shop on fire." And what do you know, it was blown up by clappers. That got me pretty excited since it was so intense, and I was extremely happy to find out that Connor's life was saved. Those two instances were the two best examples that brought emotions to me- something that usually does not happen when reading. But this book was amazing, so I am not surprised at all that it gave me more emotions than usual.