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briandmyers  ·  4321 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Book club
I'd say it was a very good read, but not great. I enjoyed it quite a lot, and it packs a huge emotional punch (trying to avoid spoilers here), but I was left a little bit dissatisfied at the slight lack of character development. The protagonist goes through hell and back, and I guess I was just hoping for more in how the events changed him, and more depth to Jaff's relationship with Tim. I did really appreciate the dispassionate way the author describes the most horrific scenes - that had the effect (to me) of realism, as the characters were, by that point, beyond the 'luxury' of normal human outrage at the circumstances.