Book
Title : Knit Two
Author
: Kate Jacobs
Publisher
: Hodder &
Stoughton
Date
Published: 2009
Number
of pages: 318
Genre
: Friendship
Three
hundred and eighteen pages long of Knit Two by Kate Jacobs had never failed to
bring joy long-term friendship of Friday night knitting club. The
six settled members struggling with their own issues after Georgia who is the
legitimate owner of the yarn store, Walker and Daughter had passed away since
five years ago. The rest of the members including her daughter, Dakota had to
face with some kind the issues like true self-finding, personal carrier,
complicated romance, and family priority. The problems didn’t tear them apart
otherwise it bonded them even more. They supported each other and successfully
passed at the end of day.
As this novel tells about friendship, we
can found KC, Peri, Lucie, Catherine, Darwin, and Dakota, the knitting club
members as the main characters in the novel.
But, the story developed much on
Dakota and Catherine. Dakota is the yarn store’s owner’s daughter who still trying to move on from her grief. As a
freshman of NYU, she was eager to explore more her passion on pastry. She also demanded
freedom from her father, James. In the other side, Catherine was felt the same
towards Dakota’s mom, Georgia. She
had miserable days after she lost her and try her best
tirelessly encourage James to look up and focus on Dakota. As an independent
woman, she did quite badly on romance. Not until the last pages she succeeded
on her love line.
If I have to
choose my favorite character in this Novel, no doubt Dakota will be in the
first place. She knows what she wanted and never get distracted by the thing
that inhibited her to reach her goals. She dreamed of travelled outside New
York and Manhattan because she was sick of her daily routine which insisted her
to be always in her knit store.
Therefore, she accepted to babysit Lucie’s daughter, Ginger, in Italy when
Lucie had to take photoshooot there in summer holiday. She had to hardly argue
with his father, because her father didn’t give her permission to let his only
daughter becomes a Nanny of white people. Dakota never took it offensive,
notwithstanding she thought it was a big chance for her to get out of her
place, travelled, find new experiences. I wish I had her sense of freedom and
absolutely did’nt be afraid of what others think, otherwise see something in
positive side. That’s how Dakota showed throughout the story.
I also can find Dakota’s behaviour funny when it comes to her affection
towards Walker and Daughter, the store, the place where the club exist. She
declined to continue her mother business because she wanted to learn pastry,
but she cried a river when the store sink in the water. As the legitimate
owner, she stated that even if she didn’t want to work on the store, doesn’t
mean she wanted the store to be broken, or sold. The store had so many
beautiful memories that couldn’t be replaced by anything. She expreesed the
anger towards Darwin’s mom because she was the one who caused the water flood
in the water. It’s interesting to see Dakota’s afffectionate side in this case.
The story will be perfect if i couldn’t find the flaw in
Catherine’s plot. She did something that I found it ridiculous. I
knew that it’s been a long time she never get in touch with romance, but that
doesn’t meant she had to be selfish towards her best friend who had help her
much. She
told lie to Anita about she moved to another place when Nathan, Anita’s son had
to settle in her place for a couple days. In fact, they lived together even
make a hot relationship. Until the end of the novel she never revealed the
truth to Anita who had the right to know about it.
However, the
story would be much better if the author put more exposure on Nathan’s
existence in the story. If I am the author I would make clear the status
between him and Catherine and give resolution in the end of the story even
though he was only the supportive character throughout the novel. Their love
line remains hanging without being solved and makes Catherine looks like a bad
character. Catherin deserves better ending on romance for what she had been
through towards the member of the club and after her miserably days.
The friendship
of KC, Peri, Lucie, Darwin, Catherine, Anita, and Dakota looks very sincere
regardless their ages. The age different between five of them with Dakota made
them treat her way better. I never found such friendship happened in real live.
The way they support and care to each other was mesmerizing, it triggered me to
remember my old fine days I spent with my friends. The differences I had with
them are the intensity of meeting and communicating. Their last friendship
moved me so much.
From the novel I
can learn that friend can be more than friend. Calling our friend as our family
is possible as long as our friendship is sincere. It is reflected on Friday
knitting club on Walker and Daughter on how they felt the same blue when they
were left by Georgia, how they try to resolve each other problem, how they
gathered both for congratulate happiness or sadness. Even though in some reason
not all of the problem they had can be shared, they tried their best to
maintain their friendship at the end of the day.
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