Chris, the Dalek King’s Reviews > Marked Yours > Status Update

My god, what is it with people. Your backup is there to back you up, and does absolutely no good to anyone if you tie him to a bed and then run off to get yourself killed!!! Where is a skillet to beat sense into these characters when you need one! Over-protection to the point of stupidity is not an admirable character trait.

Most exciting part of the books seems to be simply a side plot which is a shame since the ghost hunting is probably more interesting then the constant inner doubts of Nick and Todd. Good story as is, but it could be so much better.

finally we get to the spook aspect of the book!

I'm finding that in this re-read that it isn't the story that i find as interesting (though I am still enjoying it) but the world that the story takes place in. How did this place come to work with slavery, why did the laws of slaves come into place, in this mix or old and new what has grown and what has been cast aside? When you can own another person, what kind of responsibility do you put on yourself?

Is Nick submissive because he is a slave, 'cause he is younger, or simply because of who he is? It is an interesting idea--the "slave" vs "mate" choice; when you're mostly choiceless, is it really a choice though, when the choice is crumb or starve?. Can a slave really chose anything, or is it just an illusion put on by society? Are the little choices as important as the ones that are forbidden you--at leas for now

Todd's dad is a dick. And I am unsure why freemen wouldn't be allowed to treat slaves. Even in the context of property wouldn't you be allowed to get your property fixed if it broke? Doesn't seem very logical. I like how there are still remnants of "our time" in this books, with lights, and roads and such, but still an old west feel to it.