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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
It was a good book, but none of the characters' situations shed light on Owens, at least from what I remember.
Superstar athelete. Stunningly wealthy. Talented at a level that is truly magnificent -- whatever you say about his personality, his character, his ability to truly fuck up a team, his physical talent is marvelous. (People like him remind me of the line in Searching for Bobby Fischer -- "He's better at this than I am at anything. He's better at this than you ever will be at anything.")
And depressed to the point of being suicidal. It doesn't fit. Granted, he was and is disliked by more people than anyone on this board, or everyone together, has even met. But he seemed to thrive off that, too.
I don't know -- I'm not clear why I find this so sad. I've watched people travel the path to suicide or suicide attempts, and it's just not something you forget.
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I don't think it's possible to actually thrive off of being heartily disliked by thousands of people. It seems like it can spur further success ("I'll show them!") and can reinforce bad behavior ("if they think that's bad, wait until they see this!") but I think he would have to have something seriously psychologically wrong with him (like autism) even for it not to affect him at all.
It is very sad to think about someone being in so much pain in their head that they don't want to be alive anymore.
