You're right that they often aren't enough to save you, but he never implies that people should therefore stop trying.
YES, I love that about his books. The fact that characters can and often do die saving each other (or lose it all in other ways), but never with the implication that it wasn't worth it, underscores the entire idea that it IS worth throwing yourself into risk and danger for other people (I mean, obviously, in real life no one is guaranteed a good outcome either). And it makes those instances when it DOES work out a lot sweeter because of the uncertainty.
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Date: 2019-05-30 10:07 pm (UTC)YES, I love that about his books. The fact that characters can and often do die saving each other (or lose it all in other ways), but never with the implication that it wasn't worth it, underscores the entire idea that it IS worth throwing yourself into risk and danger for other people (I mean, obviously, in real life no one is guaranteed a good outcome either). And it makes those instances when it DOES work out a lot sweeter because of the uncertainty.