It's All Cool Now

As I near the conclusion of this book, things are starting to wrap up. Sort of. Brent has finally come home, and a lot of things have changed. Turns out, his best friend is moving to Australia (why would anyone go there?), some of his friends treat him differently, and more little stuff here and there. Despite that, Caroline, a friend, tells Brent that he "hasn't changed at all". Even more surprisingly, Brent accepts the fact and even goes on to say that that's his problem. This is rather ironic, as this itself indicates change from the earlier parts of the book. He's talking less "OMG my skin is purple" and more "why did the chicken cross the road".

Going on with the stream of thought sponsored by the previous paragraph, Runyon's mind seems to have had a turn for the positive, constantly mentioning non-fire activities, Playboy magazines, and The Godfather. In fact, he appears to to very happy. "I can use my hands, arms, and legs. I can think. I can walk. I can talk. I'm fifteen. I'm alive. Life's pretty good. It's pretty good," he casually states, and it seems most of his dark, black, bloody, and satanic life has been left back in the past. Maybe the fire did help him in some way. Unfortunately, he's still listening to hip-hop, so there's that.

After all the ups and downs I have witnessed throughout the Burn Journals, maybe it's about time we got into a permanent up (in constrast with the down it started with). But then, there are no happy endings. But then, everything is a lie. But then, is the statement that everything is a lie, a lie? In the end, we can conclude that it could be a happy ending or a bad ending. Or something in between. Like a continuous function.

Speaking of endings here come spoilers (although I already spoiled everything anyways).
Sorta happy ending. It ended as Brent entered school, which I suppose is supposed to symbolize his return to 'normality'. Let's not think about that for too long, shall we?

Now that the book is over, here come some afterthoughts: I liked the book. I liked the style. I generally liked it. It was a longer book than I expected it to be at first glance. It was 'cool'. (Ba-dum-tss.) That's it.

Don't play with fire.