The character I want to touch on is our dear protagonist Kami. Kami has lived in this town, Sorry-in-the-Vale, her entire life. She actually really likes where she lives and most of the people she lives around. She is a nice, happy, pretty much normal girl. Most people could count her only faults to be that as a child she insisted she could talk to someone else inside her head, and that she's just a bit too nosy. These 2 so called 'faults' though, are very VERY important pieces of her character development and effect on the story. Her strange ability- which is existent and very much true- is one great example of this.
This ability is not one sided, no not at all. And when the other half of it moves into Kami's town and begins to stir things up, it gets a little tricky. Jared, this 'other half ', is a decently good looking guy- and now that she realizes he is real and no longer just in her head you'd think she would just fall right into at least crushing on the one person she's shared most if not all of her secrets with, right? Well, you'd be wrong there. Throughout the entire story, this connection is actually a big struggle for the both of them- and even though dating is suggested to Kami, she rejects it. She does not let this one guy change who she is as a person, and does not let this connection mess with her to the point where she loses control of her own life entirely either. That's what I feel, makes Kami such a strong and realistic character. Over the story she sees how harmful and helpful the connection is and grows from it- relying a little bit less on it in some situations and more in others. This quote highlights the uneven emotions both Kami and Jared have over the connection.
"Yes' she answered all the same, and they both heard uncertainty in her voice. 'But I can't just trust the people whose mind I can read. The list is somewhat limited.'
'I don't see a problem with that,' Jared said. 'I only trust you. But if you want to be all emotionally healthy about it, I'll try to understand. That's just the kind of relationship we have."
The other 'flaw' in her design, her inquisitiveness, is a great factor of her development too. She's constantly delving for information and that searching does bring back life changing things. She find out things about herself, the people around her, and people she didn't even know that cause her to change greatly. She learns about what her connection really is with Jared, and she then has to decide what to do with it- thus causing a great struggle between the 2 of them and a rift with everyone else in their group of friends. She discovers a murder- and the facts surrounding that changed them all! These things bring her to question what was really true in her surroundings and what she should do to pick a side. This quote from the book, I feel showcases this well.
"Kami was determined to solve the mystery and tell the story. She was going to be fine. but for now, she was tired, and all she could do was sit, stare out the window, and feel cold and scared."
"Kami was determined to solve the mystery and tell the story. She was going to be fine. but for now, she was tired, and all she could do was sit, stare out the window, and feel cold and scared."
These 2 factors in Kami's character are the main pivot points in the story, and vastly affect how it goes along. Her reactions to these changes and such propel the themes to the front of people's minds and keep all of the characters going. This alone is only a small factor in what makes the characters of this book really freaking cool.
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