You Shall Know Our Velocity

I absolutely loved You Shall Know Our Velocity! I thought the characters were perfect as well as the whole plot line. The actual idea of the book makes me wish it actually happened and it was a real account, but it’s not, which is a shame. Anyways, right at the beginning of the book, I feel in love with Hand because of his random knowledge and personality, but I should have known better. I ended up with a feeling of wanting to punch Hand in the face because he was actually really rude and immature throughout a majority of the book. Will, on the other hand, had a different kind of immaturity. He couldn’t deal with real life and live in the present. He is so stuck on Jack and in the past, he gets into his own mind too much and plays out a different life than the one he is actually dealing with.
I loved Will’s character though because I think that’s how everyone really is to a certain extent. I mean, if people could hear my thoughts, they would probably think I’m along the lines of a psychopath. Although I like to think that I am not as bad as Will, I often find myself drifting into my own little world, talking to people who are either dead, or not with me (this is all in my head of course, I’m not blabbering all of this aloud). So I guess I sometimes live in my own perfect reality. In my mind, I am brave enough to say everything I want to say to the person who needs to hear it. I am the gallant, beautiful warrior who is always able to save the day somehow; not in a fairly tale kind of way, but in a realistic, miracle-like way. It’s all rather juvenile, but we all need to keep our inner child at work. Regardless of people admitting it or not, everyone wants to be the hero in their own life story and sometimes to make that come true, they have to prepare themselves in their head, like Will.
Though out this whole book, I was so jealous of the freedom Will and Hand held. They went wherever, whenever and simply took the journey as it came at them. However, I will probably be more selfish with the money, but I suppose if it was tainted like Will’s, I would be quicker to give it up. People can always talk game, like they are so selfless and charitable, but I would like to see how many people would actually go through with their words and actually give away money. I mean, so many people say if they had a million dollars, they would donate some of it to a cause. However, we all know that would slip most people’s minds and they may or may not follow through with the charity until they have already purchased themselves a new car, house, or traveled all over the world in luxury.
This book makes me want to take chances and live more on a whim. However, right now is the time for college and I guess this is an adventure in itself. I just hope someday, I am able to make my journey and maybe even live some of my fantasy world I have going on in my head, not caring if people think I am crazy. If they think I’m a little off the rocker, they can deal with it.