Today I ended reading book titled Elephant Man by Christine Sparks. I enjoyed this novel event though it was short. The longer I think about it the more peculiar it seems.
Whole plot is simple, but gripping and mysterious. I feel like there were a lot of secrets, that are hidden from the reader. I’m not sure if this book had a metaphorical meaning, that I didn’t understand, but if I have to be honest, it made me think. Why did author chose such an ending? What happened to the Dr Treves? What does he feel? How people reacted to the Joseph’s Merrick’s death? What happened next? This book left me with a feeling of numbness but with curiosity.
Dr Treves- the narrator of the novel in whole story shows, how much he cares about Joseph Merrick, but in the last chapter, I feel like it changes. We don’t get to know his feelings. We have no idea, what happened. Did he stopped caring after Merrick become famous? What changed?
In my opinion author did great at describing Joseph’s appearance, because I could see image of his elephant-like head with a focused expression reading the Bible. It great experience.
This novel left tears in my eyes. The ending was extremally depressing, because when we finally get to see happy Merrick, he dies in a symbolic way of “trying to be like a normal person” and it’s heartbreaking. For the whole book I felt sorry for this character and then he “left me” in such a way…
I see this novel as something special and recommend it to everyone, because of the feeling after reading it. It is incredible.