Karina’s Reviews > Game Theory > Status Update

Though there are some rough edges to the family and the life of the teenager, Jamie's character quickly started to grow on me. He's imperfect and honestly admits so, laying out his mistakes and past regrets plainly before the reader. He says as a mathematician, he's not big on words, and feels inadequate and clumsy in the telling of his own story. Yet these seemingly unappealing characteristics pull the reader in even more, like an eager friend leaning forward to listen to the rest of their companion's story.

I'm curious to see what comes next. At first, I was confused about the in-depth context given about both sisters in the beginning of the story, but now I understand it to be a juxtaposition of both the innocence and the evil to come later on in the book. He is in the middle, jostled around by outside elements, much like the "dinner plate growing green around the edges" of Gutless' room. My guess is very soon, he will have to be the deciding factor, the moving force, of what's to come, and ultimately make the difficult decisions if he wants to save his sister.