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5.0
Fitting end to the series
4.5 stars
This was a fitting end to this series. Jaye is still one of the strongest characters I've read. We've seen him beaten down and losing his mind, but he never stopped fighting. I like that the author kept true to life in that experiences shape people's lives and there are no quick fixes. Both Jaye and Dixon are still fighting to overcome their own experiences and to protect each other.
What made this series for me, were the characters. They could have been really one dimensional but instead they were multi faceted and quite complex. Cash is a prime example. Where he could have been the one dimensional bad guy leader of the gang instead we are shown snippets of another man, one who cares about his "Johnny" in his own way, but then in the next breath are reminded that he actually is the bad guy, the rapist that contributed to Jaye's mental and physical torture. I felt for Jaye trying to sort that out in his own mind, and to break free of the hold.
Jaye's character arc was well done. I wouldn't say he has done a full circle, but he is closest to he will probably ever be to that young carefree man. I liked that he was able to use his own experiences to help someone else and at the same time rid himself of some of his ghosts. It's true that sometimes family isn't always the one we are born into, but the one we make for ourselves. And Jaye is beginning to understand he's made himself a family.
Dixon also grew in this one, giving him the knowledge and belief that he can protect Jaye. The way he stepped up to become a barrier between Jaye and his past, it was his time to shine and to stand up to the bully, and just him simply being there with Jaye to help put him back together but at the same time never losing that goodness that made him Dixon.
Great series
4.5 stars
This was a fitting end to this series. Jaye is still one of the strongest characters I've read. We've seen him beaten down and losing his mind, but he never stopped fighting. I like that the author kept true to life in that experiences shape people's lives and there are no quick fixes. Both Jaye and Dixon are still fighting to overcome their own experiences and to protect each other.
What made this series for me, were the characters. They could have been really one dimensional but instead they were multi faceted and quite complex. Cash is a prime example. Where he could have been the one dimensional bad guy leader of the gang instead we are shown snippets of another man, one who cares about his "Johnny" in his own way, but then in the next breath are reminded that he actually is the bad guy, the rapist that contributed to Jaye's mental and physical torture. I felt for Jaye trying to sort that out in his own mind, and to break free of the hold.
Jaye's character arc was well done. I wouldn't say he has done a full circle, but he is closest to he will probably ever be to that young carefree man. I liked that he was able to use his own experiences to help someone else and at the same time rid himself of some of his ghosts. It's true that sometimes family isn't always the one we are born into, but the one we make for ourselves. And Jaye is beginning to understand he's made himself a family.
Dixon also grew in this one, giving him the knowledge and belief that he can protect Jaye. The way he stepped up to become a barrier between Jaye and his past, it was his time to shine and to stand up to the bully, and just him simply being there with Jaye to help put him back together but at the same time never losing that goodness that made him Dixon.
Great series
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