His rush to fix his problem without involving or informing anyone, getting advice or help, and the conclusion that he must sacrifice himself to do it are very childlike. On the other hand in his relationship with his family he seems young. I was surprised when he turned out to be so young, because he sounds so world weary at first, a jaded long time ambassador sad to see the grey king decline, with established habits and destructive smuggling and possibly drinking problems. There's a reckless confidence and thoughtlessness in these characters, the generosity of children with unrealistic ideas and unwitting selfishness. What is it that makes some romanticism seem callow and some not? I think YA books are like Jane Austen's heedless younger sisters: the sensibility Dashwood or the Bennett that eloped. I liked the coat idea, and it seems to have kinship with the world structure, described as adjacent leaves in a book. Sadism is pretty boring as an enemy trait, and the white London characters were where the book completely lost me after a good beginning. I was listening pretty fast and with only half an ear by the end and have no memory of how they wrapped up the stone thing.
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