Anyone reading this book is probably going to agree with me on this to some extent. I have a hard time believing he really is older than fifty...Does this not prove his immaturity? Or is he just annoying and that is one thing I often associate with immaturity?
I would be annoyed too if my fify-some-year old boss called me up at 11pm just to say hello. And then pretty much beg for me to compliment him on a good job saying the exact words I suggested for him to use for a meeting that day.
Then Esmé got pay-back:
Her plan was to ignore his call that evening, and then she ingeniously set her alarm to go off around 3am when she'd call him back, saying "I'm so sorry if i woke you, but you called me so late. I knew you wouldn't call me so late if it wasn't terribly important."
Later when he has a moment of venting, she calls it his "tantrum"--a very appropriate choice to portray his childish qualities...
ReplyDeleteI've decided Turner is sort of a creepy man; in the midst of what was supposed to be pleasant, small talk, he asked Esmé if she planned on marrying her boyfriend...which, rightfully so, she thought was a bit of a personal matter.
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