What do you think of Hiram McDowell?
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Re: What do you think of Hiram McDowell?
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Partially agree. His attitude lays the table for how the story of the book develops. And, indeed, how Hiram himself develops. That's my take, anyway.grace8031 wrote: ↑07 Oct 2018, 01:39 Hiram is self centered, egotistic and arrogant. He has no regrets stepping on his friend and making fake promises just to get what he wants. which shows he has no respect for other people's feelings or courtesy. He's not professional at the helm of the department his mistakes landed him in jail. But after all is said his attitude is what made the book.
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Was very interesting reading, and my second book by this author, the other being again about a surgeon, but the character totally different
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I was actually contemplating how the author wrote in such a way, as to turn readers from being "against" Hiram, to be more understanding and to see a different perspective of Hiram, and possibly to entertain the idea of actually liking him.
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Very true. In the beginning, Hiram is portrayed very negatively. Apart from leaving his partner to die and not fulfilling his promise to Michael, he was also a very poor father.fernsmom wrote: ↑08 Oct 2018, 19:05 In the beginning of the book I wholeheartedly agreed with you that Hiram was a vindictive, mean and bad person. Towards the end though I felt the author wanted the readers to question if some of the things Hiram was accused of he may have been if not innocent, then possibly misguided. Also, was he changing in the second part of the book, or was that how I was looking at him?
Was very interesting reading, and my second book by this author, the other being again about a surgeon, but the character totally different
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