The Devil You Know- Buddy Read (spoilers)

[Ms. Nikki]

~Read at your own pace or choose a pace

~Post your thoughts, questions, and interesting quotes, etc.

~Could you be so kind as to let us know the page/percent you are at when commenting so we know if we want to read it or not in case someone has not made it there yet?

~Also, to add spoilers tags

< spoiler >Type what you want here< /spoiler >

click on (some html is ok) and it will show you.
Left bracket, type the word spoiler, right bracket, type what you want here, then left bracket, forward slash, type the word spoiler again, then right bracket
No spaces :)

Feel free to join in at any time
So far it's :)

Jon
Nikki

[Ms. Nikki]

Pg 40 (view spoiler)[ I would love to know how Peter knows the dead kid. That was good! (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Jon Recluse]

Pg 66 (view spoiler)[ Agreed! I like Felix. He's a bastard. (hide spoiler)]

[Ms. Nikki]

What's Alice's problem? We shall see.

[Jon Recluse]

Pg 200 (view spoiler)[That ghost is freaking me out! (hide spoiler)]

[Ms. Nikki]

Pg 295 (view spoiler)[ wth! Tapping out a beat while you're burning up as a succubus is killing you. It's cool that he uses music, but a whistle? (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Jon Recluse]

(view spoiler)[Easier to carry? (hide spoiler)]

[Ms. Nikki]

(view spoiler)[ Well, it wasn't in his reach at the time ;) (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Ms. Nikki]

I pushed through and finished it~

[Jon Recluse]

HEY!

[Ms. Nikki]

I'm still chatting with you.

[Ms. Nikki]

It was starting to drag for me.

[Jon Recluse]

I slowed down for you.....

[Ms. Nikki]

So sorry :( I can still comment along with you. Hey! You already read it before

I was going slow, then I either had to finish it in a hurry or throw it at the wall.

Have your read the next one?

[Jon Recluse]

Yes, a while ago.

[Ms. Nikki]

Did the pacing change? I mean, did the story have more going on; a little more adventuresome?

[Jon Recluse]

If I remember correctly, it's a little more "complex".

It has been a while.
That's why I was rereading them. :)

[Ms. Nikki]

Oh. Again, I apologize. Don't want to offend my reading buddy.

(view spoiler)[Alice's character bothered me. It was almost as if she wasn't complete. The only time I saw her as a "real person" was when they sat down to chat about ghosts (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Jon Recluse]

Why would you think you offended me?

(view spoiler)[ I didn't see her as a "complete" person. She's one of those A personalities. Singleminded. (hide spoiler)]

[Ms. Nikki]

Because you chose to read w/ me and I just zoomed ahead, when you were taking your time for me :)
(view spoiler)[Did the mystery seem to drag to you? It seemed like some things were just thrown in to add confusion or to pad the story. (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Jon Recluse]

No worries.
I enjoy the pleasure of your company.

Pg. 353 (view spoiler)[ It did. I think it was a case of first book groundwork overload. (hide spoiler)]

[Ms. Nikki]

That sounds about right :)

[Jon Recluse]

:)

[Jon Recluse]

Finished it.

I like Felix, The story could have been tighter, but I still enjoyed it.

And the company. :)

[Ms. Nikki]

The fact that he's a comic book writer may have played a hand in the not-so-cohesive parts of the story and the pacing. (view spoiler)[ His brother brings up sound reasoning and I sorta can't believe that Felix ignored the consequences of what he does even after Rafi's incident. Yeah, he stopped doing it, but he didn't change his mind or think twice of where the ghosties go. (view spoiler)[

It was a pleasure as always :) (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Jon Recluse]

(view spoiler)[True, but I can't say anyone else, in any other fictional or non-fictional case, has ever really voiced to much concern over their final destination either. The Church doesn't really consider ghosts "people" in any way, shape or form and "ghostbusters" are just paid to make them go away, calling them "memory loops" or after-images of the past. I think Felix has a normal, human response to the question....he doesn't dwell on it for the sake of his sanity. (hide spoiler)]

[Ms. Nikki]

(view spoiler)[ Sanity? Who needs that? :) (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Jon Recluse]

(view spoiler)[The sane? (hide spoiler)]