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KristyKhem wrote: ↑11 Feb 2020, 09:26 I agree with you about Adam. Naturally, he would fit in as the villain although that wasn't quite the case. His character is complex and a tad bit confusing. Perhaps the author found that Adam as the villain would have been too predictable for the story. However, characters need to be likable or relatable for readers to want to read a book. To me, Adam was neither likable nor relatable. He made me feel uncomfortable.

Kelyn wrote: ↑10 Feb 2020, 17:17 The Oxford Free Dictionary defines an "anti-hero" as (1) A flawed hero or (2) a prominent central character who does the right thing, but maybe not for the right reasons. Let's face it, Adam can't be called 'virtuous' by any stretch of the imagination. (Just remember Terry.) However, he does sometimes come off, in my opinion, as a (seriously) flawed hero figure in the story. In what way(s) do you think he embodied this description...or not? Why?

Jocelyn Eastman wrote: ↑13 Feb 2020, 10:17

Kelyn wrote: ↑10 Feb 2020, 17:17 The Oxford Free Dictionary defines an "anti-hero" as (1) A flawed hero or (2) a prominent central character who does the right thing, but maybe not for the right reasons. Let's face it, Adam can't be called 'virtuous' by any stretch of the imagination. (Just remember Terry.) However, he does sometimes come off, in my opinion, as a (seriously) flawed hero figure in the story. In what way(s) do you think he embodied this description...or not? Why?

Technically he is the anti hero, but to me Carly and Dauma are more the heroes of this story and Adam becomes secondary to them. Adam didn’t really sacrifice himself like Carly did, nor did he take on the transfer of knowledge and power like Carly did.

writestuff wrote: ↑13 Feb 2020, 13:20 He may make a half decent anti-hero but a better villain. He just seems abusive and he kills a girl...that's the first impression.

Jezebelle84 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2020, 13:47 I don't like Adam. i didn't like him from the start. His behaviour is psychopathic. Meeting Carly changes him, but that kind of behaviour and thinking doesn't just go away. I felt the author really phoned it in with the serum in his mother's veins being the reason he was in love with her. It was like the author just waved it away. I don't believe that not being around other people who are genetically mutated like him would cause that kind of psychosis and that suddenly meeting people like him would magically make it go away. The author had the opportunity to deal with some real mental illness and then just waved it away.

cristinaro wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 07:11 I'm still not convinced Adam is not the villain. Seriously speaking, Adam's oscillation between light and darkness could have been handled better so that his behavioral changes wouldn't feel awkward at times.