Warning: I talk a lot about myself in this review. If that's not your thing, please skip.
I said it before, but I wasn't a fan of Atticus' in the fi4.5
Warning: I talk a lot about myself in this review. If that's not your thing, please skip.
I said it before, but I wasn't a fan of Atticus' in the first two books of this series. He seemed like a scared worrywart perfectionist. He is still those things. Yes, he deserves some ribbing for being so uptight, but seeing things from Atticus' perspective really changed things. He didn't deserve the level of contempt he got from his family.
I got teary multiple times while reading this because I could related so hard. We both have the neurotic tendency to not want things to go wrong, to be too cautious, to be a nag, even. It's made me a person that is hard to get along with in the past. Even at my big old age of 37, I still find meeting new people daunting because I'm sure I'm going to be an asshole in some way and the person will end up disliking me and I wouldn't be able to say they didn't give me a fair shot. I AM an asshole. Atticus is in that exact situation. He is still human and yearns for affection.
Hell, I didn't start hugging people until I was in my late 20s, and that was only because I became friends with a person who literally said "I love you," and hugs every time she sees a friend. Jericho is that for Atticus.
Damn, writing this is actually making me sad as shit because OF ALL THE BOOK CHARACTERS, why do I have to relate so hard to Atticus??
Anyway, it was hard to put this book down, to the point where I couldn't read any of my other in progress books without thinking about this one.
The only negative I have is that the ending seemed a bit off. Was it the pacing? I don't know....more
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