This story is so beautiful.
The emotions of that age, the careful probing accompanied by bravery, the exploration and struggle of self-knowledge, the exploration of faith, the countless cute and ridiculous details and the unique characters born in the background of small American town are all It is very accurate, plain and delicate, and everyone who has experienced it understands it.
There are many shadows of the small town in my high school. It is the charming smell that only belongs to small American towns that I smell when I go to the piano teacher's house on weekends. It is so charming and addictive.
I can even see a lot of myself in Ellie. The appearance of being indifferent and stubborn on the surface, but being pushed to blend in and trying to "indulge" oneself among the "majority", the unnatural embarrassment and awkwardness when trying to cautiously reach out to the world. Embarrassment, the collision of cultures, the forced growth...especially the struggle and confession that Paul and Ellie broke out after Trig quoted "Love is patient, love is kind..." in 1 Corinthians in the church , which is exactly the same as the perseverance I had when I had a big fight with other people in the church group for the topic of LGBTQ+ and then turned around and left.
I have to cry many times, thinking to myself: "I understand", "I understand"... It's us, the minority of the minority. We are special, we are proud, we always keep going, and we never regret.
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