The Hawkline Monster - Part 2

"The shadow of the monster had been turned into the shadow of diamonds. It also was without memory of a previous existence, so now its soul was at rest and it had been turned into the shadow of beautiful things."

While reading this story I didn't find myself particularly attached to any of the characters, mostly because the pacing didn't allow for the reader to really spend time developing any sort of attachment. Even Cameron, who, along with Magic Child, stood out to me more than most of the characters, wasn't all that captivating. I did, however, enjoy reading about the shadow's take on the story and its role as an extension of the Hawkline Monster. I honestly didn't really care all that much about what happened to Greer or Cameron or the Hawkline sisters at the end of the story, but I was strangely pleased with the fact that the shadow got a somewhat happy ending and wasn't plagued with the memories of its past life with the monster. The shadow's fate might not have had much bearing on the ending of the story, but it was just one of those little details that made the story a little bit better for me.