This chapter things basically finish devolving into a romantic sitcom B-movie. Noah goes with her to her art class, there’s a substitute so he pretends like he’s supposed to be there, and then he stripes half-naked to be a drawing subject while everyone insists that that’s what their teacher had planned. At this point, I…

Mara agrees to Noah’s “let me try” statement without having any idea what such a vague request even means, and then he drives her home. “I like [opening the car door] for you. Try to remember so I don’t have to sprint every time.” […] “I’m picking you up tomorrow morning,” Noah said […] Noah…

We are now in full flashback mode, following along with Mara and her friends as they sneak into the old abandoned movie set– erm, I mean asylum. I don’t even understand the point of these flashbacks. There’s nothing interesting here so far. Obviously we’re waiting to see what’s going to cause the building collapse, everything…

They go to a restaurant for lunch, and Mara notes how different Noah looks. He didn’t look like the same person who picked me up this morning. Noah—sarcastic, distant, untouchable Noah—cared. And that made him real. Cares about what? I thought the last two chapters were full of pretty much not caring: about his dad,…

Noah and Mara finally reach their destination, which turns out to be a fabulously opulent and wealthy home. Much is made of how fabulously extravagant everything is, though all without much in the way of details unless you count a grand total of two Greek statues. Mostly they just talk about how it’s so fabulously…