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People Collide
by Isle McElroy
I was intrigued by this & initially thought of Freaky Friday. Loved those movies as a kid and they were fun. The body switch seems unnerving initially but was very short-lived & exciting. This was less fun for Eli & seemed more like the 'body swap' episode in Buffy the vampire slayer where Faith seemed to enjoy the switch as Elizabeth does in this book whilst Buffy aimed to get things back to normal & that's what Eli seems to be looking for.
Eli & Elizabeth seem to have extremely different coping mechanisms which you could argued relates to their upbringing & sense of security as a result. Elizabeth seems so self assured that I actually felt really sorry for Eli who is powerless & just trying to make sense of the new identity & where that leaves him. Loved ones automatically blame him for doing the wrong thing when it isn't the case & it does feel as though Elizabeth doesn't care how things are impacting her husband. I found that incredibly frustrating & felt that he was doomed to be in a perpetual cycle of disappointment.
Eli's treatment of Elizabeth's body seemed incredibly respectful & it was interesting to see how he remembered things that were important, such as not touching her face.
I did find this fascinating particularly as there was disappointment across a lot of relationships and a sense that everyone goes through some battle or another in their relationship and that each couple in the story had flaws that others might not accept but those within the relationship seemed happy enough to continue. It seemed funny that people were willing to impart advice when perhaps they should reflect better and maybe keep the advice to themselves
Eli & Elizabeth seem to have extremely different coping mechanisms which you could argued relates to their upbringing & sense of security as a result. Elizabeth seems so self assured that I actually felt really sorry for Eli who is powerless & just trying to make sense of the new identity & where that leaves him. Loved ones automatically blame him for doing the wrong thing when it isn't the case & it does feel as though Elizabeth doesn't care how things are impacting her husband. I found that incredibly frustrating & felt that he was doomed to be in a perpetual cycle of disappointment.
Eli's treatment of Elizabeth's body seemed incredibly respectful & it was interesting to see how he remembered things that were important, such as not touching her face.
I did find this fascinating particularly as there was disappointment across a lot of relationships and a sense that everyone goes through some battle or another in their relationship and that each couple in the story had flaws that others might not accept but those within the relationship seemed happy enough to continue. It seemed funny that people were willing to impart advice when perhaps they should reflect better and maybe keep the advice to themselves