{"id":13717,"date":"2020-12-26T16:29:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=13717"},"modified":"2022-08-14T08:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T12:59:49","slug":"there-galapagos-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13717","title":{"rendered":"There Galapagos My Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

There Galapagos My Heart<\/a><\/em> (2020) Philip William Stover (Love Beyond Boundaries)<\/p>\n

\"There<\/a>Mike Davis is perfectly content being an account manager. Of course he’d rather be an artist, but after his mother got sick he needed a job and it’s not a bad thing to be comfortable.<\/p>\n

I can never go back to not knowing where money for the next meal was coming from. Still there must be a medium place where all of my decisions aren\u2019t based on fear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First, I’d like to note I read this all in one sitting.<\/p>\n

Second, I have issues with Benton.<\/p>\n

I get that he wanted Mike to have passion in his life. I get that he thought Mike could do better.<\/p>\n

But I really hate that Benton dumped<\/em> Mike over preferring security over passion.<\/p>\n

He believed good things were always waiting to happen. I believe that you brace yourself for the worst at all times and wait in the cellar until the tornado passes while eating expired cans of fruit cocktail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It wasn’t that Mike had stupid reasons for staying at his job. A secure job and benefits aren’t everything, but they also aren’t something to scoff at either.<\/p>\n

It’s one thing to try to convince someone they could do better.<\/p>\n

It’s something else entirely to make someone feel they aren’t good enough because of what they do.<\/p>\n

And this is another case of my opinion changing as I wrote a review and thought more about the story. Because the more I think about it, the less happy I am for how Benton seemingly couldn’t accept Mike.<\/p>\n

Publisher : Iron Bridge Creative
\nRating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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