Status Updates From The Promise

"She feels ugly when she cries, like a tomato breaking open, and thinks that she must get away, away from this horrible little room with its parquet floor and barking Maltese poodle and the eyes of her aunt and uncle sticking into her like nails." (14)

Wie toll ist bitte der Vergleich? Also, wenn ich weine, dann meistens so, wie ne aufplatzende Tomate.