I finished "The Power of One"

The good
It was a great story. Great characters. Excellent writing. There are so many gems in that story; Things like, first with the head and then with the heart. SO TRUE! I tend to lead with my heart too often. Abosloodle! What a great word. Actually, I liked everything about the Doc.

The bad
So many unanswered questions. What happened to Hoppie? Did Peekay ever become the welterweight champion of the world? What happened to Miss Borenstien? (she sounded quite hot) What happened to Morrie? Heck, what happened to Peekay? So many vivid characters that I grew to care about and wonder what happened with them.

The Ugly
I hate the way it ended. That whole last book was very depressing in many ways. The rest of the book was so uplifting and then there is this trip to Rhodesia. I know he had to face the judge again but even that wasn’t right. The judge never realized who Peekay was he was gone because of the rage, booze and explosive headaches.
We find out what happened to the Nazi prison guard that killed Guant Peel (sp) but we have no idea what happens with Dee and Dum, Morrie, Gert, Captain Smit, Hoppie, Peekay’s mom and granpa and so many others.
I also did not like the way Peekay deals with his newly arrived hormones. Perhaps I am naive but I really don’t think most boys spank the monkey that much. Most boys direct their energies toward girls. Why didn’t Peekay?

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In spite of what I call the bad and the ugly, I still think it is a very good book. Very inspiring and very well written.
I also feel bad about South Africa. Had there been more folks like Peekay there at the end of WWII perhaps apartheid would never had happened. Their bigotry and hate ended up hurting the country more than it “helped”.

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