How did you feel about Jennifer's choice to leave her team?
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How did you feel about Jennifer's choice to leave her team?
Was she selfish? Was it the right thing to do? Considering her reasons for doing it, were you sympathetic towards her?
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I agree that it seemed like weird timing. Didn't her partner die five years ago? Why was she just now making the decision to dramatically change her life? Even though she made sure the team was well prepared for the mission, it still might have been hard for them to get over her absence.Yolimari wrote:I was sympathetic towards her choice because I understood she suffered a lot due to the death of her partner. She had also done a lot for her people already. I could understand she needed a break or start over because of that. However, I also thought it was strange for her to leave them when they needed her the most. Their mission was of the utmost significance to save the Natural humans from the Syndos. Perhaps she could have taken her break or fresh start after finishing the mission.
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She definitely needed to do something different … the way she went through with it was just so abrupt, and didn't allow for proper goodbyes or closure.CatInTheHat wrote:By putting Kylie in charge, she did her job, just not in the way that might have been expected. She needed to do something different than what they were doing.
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I agree that leaving after the mission would have been better timing. It also would have allowed the author to describe those battle scenes, which are usually typical to this genre.kenkomercy wrote:I understood and sympathized with her. I however felt the timing was wrong. Should she had left after the mission, I would completely support her.
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Very good points. Although the act may not have been selfish per say, I agree it was a bad call as a leader.Cotwani wrote:Her decision to abandon the team was a bad call as a leader, but the fact that she actually put everything she could in place to ensure success of the mission and then chose to also subject herself to some unknown future (or is it past?), with no hope of return and no guarantee of survival, made me feel it wasn't selfishness on her part, but rather, not being in the right state of mind.
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This is true. They were best friends as well, so even if she didn't completely agree with the move, she may have understood. At least she would have been prepared.Miriam Molina wrote:I believe it was a selfish move. She could have told Kylie outright. The latter would have understood the situation, especially as they were lovers.
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definitely true!Christina Rose wrote:This is true. They were best friends as well, so even if she didn't completely agree with the move, she may have understood. At least she would have been prepared.Miriam Molina wrote:I believe it was a selfish move. She could have told Kylie outright. The latter would have understood the situation, especially as they were lovers.
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