What you think about Michael's character?

[writer808]

i think the word rational actor would explain his character as he was more focussed on his career,

[Dael Reader]

I think Michael is the typical career person. He was in for the expected benefit. When that didn't materialize, he wanted to inflict harm. But Hiram wasn't totally clean, too.

I totally agree with this!

[OrlaCarty]

Did anybody else expect more plot from Michael? He seemed to fade away.

[lazybekah]

Did anybody else expect more plot from Michael? He seemed to fade away.

I did! When he entered the picture, I thought he was going to be the guy to deliver McDowell his final comeuppance, especially because he was so bitter about being cheated by him. I think once Paige started digging into McDowell's life, I got that Michael wouldn't be doing much more in the book. Seemed like he could have just been left out.

[Cristina Chifane]

I think Michael is an illustration of the way revenge may transform one person to such an extent that he starts resembling his oppressor. In my opinion, he is not much different from Hiram. He shouldn't have accepted Hiram's proposal from the beginning.

[charity muthoka]

I think Michael is a very typical career person.He was there for the expected benefit.Michael felt betrayed and therefore he felt that he had to seek for justice by putting Heram down.

[Kishor Rao]

Micheal is the most undeveloped and under-written character in the entire book. He shows up in like 5 chapters and totally disappears. I don't know what to comment about his character

[bdu15062]

I think it was fair enough that Michael wanted revenge. He was outsmarted by Hiram and it didn't surprise him. Hiram needed a little wake up call.

[Theresa Moffitt]

Michael felt betrayed, therefore he felt he had to get "justice" by putting Hiram down. It wasn't right but he's a career oriented person and he would do anything not to lose on that stage.

That’s how I viewed Michael too. He was very focused on his career and would have agreed to almost anything to move ahead and when that didn’t materialize as promised he wanted revenge

[Ekta Kumari]

I thought there was an element of vengeance in his character. He also wanted to achieve something that is why he did what he did, so blaming it all on Hiram in this situation is not exactly fair.

[Shalu1707]

Michael was an opportunist, he supported Hiram as his reward was promised but when it was not delivered he turned against him, and left no stone unturned to expose Hiram.

[Hiruni Bhagya 81]

He agreed to fix votes in favor of Hiram, when Hiram agreed to give him the position he wanted and when he didn't get the promised promotion, he wanted to ruin Hiram. If he got it, he would have never dragged Hiram's faults in to the open. So, it's clear Michael too is a disgusting person. He only did what he did for revenge. If he got what he wanted, he would have let Hiram do any disgusting and unlawful deed turning a blind eye.

[HanElizabeth397]

Both of them were morally questionable! I understand that Michael wanted revenge but neither of them was the 'good guy' in the situation

[Readinggrl18]

Michael in many ways was just as screwed up as Hiram. He cheated and when he didn't get what he wanted, he was angry and wanted revenge.

[Stephanie Keener]

I was a bit disappointed in Michael‘s character. Yes, he was wrong to have fixed the votes in order for Hiram to get his appointment. However, I was disappointed that Michael became so vengeful after Hiram did not follow through on his promise to him. He almost become too obsessed with Hiram’s downfall at that point. I understand being upset that he did not get the promotion that he wanted, but Michael should have been the better person and just simply moved on. To let that revenge consume him, made him just as despicable as Hiram.