This book is very well crafted. There is so much action and commotion going on in every second of this story. The author used great text, making it much more interesting than most books. One thing that was kind of hard to follow is all of the characters. There were so many of them that it was hard to completely understand what was going on in the story at some points. I would have liked it even more if the story line was a bit easier to follow. Other than this one confusing stage of so many characters at the end of this book overall it was a great book. The author did a great job of creating a specific tone and mood for each main character all the way from the begging to the end of this story. I really enjoyed reading this book because it is one of those books that you start reading and don't want to put down.
The relationship between Jesse and Perry throughout the book completely changed. At the beginning Perry wanted nothing to do with Jesse and Jesse wanted nothing to do with Perry or Lydia. As the characters were built up and changing so was their relationship. By the end of the book they are like brothers and are heartbroken to leave each other. I think that slowly as they got to know each other they realized that they needed each other to survive. They had to depend on one another. Jesse and Perry slowly broke down a wall that had been built up between them. They slowly earned each others respect and trust.
Colonel Botfield is always referred to as the devil. This is because every time they come close to saving Perry he comes in and ruins there chances. While he is an important character I think he also kind of represents symbolism. What I think he represents is all the challenges they have to face and overcome. He is the the main problem that they needed to get through and to do that they needed to work together. This brings Perry and Jesse together to overcome everything they can. This is an important component in this story because if they never worked together their relationship would have never changed and they wouldn't have been able to overcome all of the things they did together if they had been alone. Overall this book was a great story to read