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Whenever i saw the book, darwin always comes to mind, no matter how hard i tried to forget him.
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Thank you!LivreAmour217 wrote:Darwin did make a good villain, but I'm afraid that his character reinforced negative stereotypes of the mentally ill. People who exhibit symptoms such as his are typically victims, not aggressors.
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I agree he made an excellent villain, terrifying, yes, but interesting. However, I also agree that people who have his symptoms are usually victims. He was a victim, especially as a child, but even as an adult since The Voice told him things he should and should not do. Unfortunately, no one saw the signs and no one helped him so he ended up being aggressive, which easily can happen in real life.LivreAmour217 wrote:Darwin did make a good villain, but I'm afraid that his character reinforced negative stereotypes of the mentally ill. People who exhibit symptoms such as his are typically victims, not aggressors.
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I agree that he was a very believable character. It gave me the chills and made me realize that there are people like this walking around in real life. He felt more realistic (although in a creepy way) than Sue, Connie, or the grandfather. It didn't seem realistic that a grandfather would constantly bully their own grandson.Sarah G wrote:He made a good villain in that you could see why he had the issues he did and you could understand his reasoning well. It kind of made him believable in a weird and worrying way
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Yeh I thought the same about the grandad. He came across as too agressive. Even when Jeremy was trying to lose weight he still was just as confrontationalbookowlie wrote:I agree that he was a very believable character. It gave me the chills and made me realize that there are people like this walking around in real life. He felt more realistic (although in a creepy way) than Sue, Connie, or the grandfather. It didn't seem realistic that a grandfather would constantly bully their own grandson.Sarah G wrote:He made a good villain in that you could see why he had the issues he did and you could understand his reasoning well. It kind of made him believable in a weird and worrying way
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Well said. It's so true that, at the core, Darwin was mentally ill rather than just someone who hated a particular person they had prior dealings with, such as a boss who fired him.MatthewAlexander wrote:I think Darwin made a great villain. His story was my favorite part of the book. He also brought the mental health issue to the book, and while some may say his character bathed mental illness in a negative light, I'd have to disagree. I think if anything it'd make a reader realize that they need to be more aware of the people around them. Darwin wasn't always a villain; at one point he was a mentally ill man who simply needed help, and because he had no one to notice and he himself didn't realize, he didn't get that help. This makes it easy to pity him, almost. Though he was a villain, he was a tragic villain, which makes him even more interesting than he already was.
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Momlovesbooks wrote:Darwin was a very interesting villain. I hated him, of course, but was really intrigued by his OCD and quirks. I wanted more details of his childhood and what made him turn out the way he did. I wanted to learn more about him, but at the same time, when I read about him I got really creeped out. Crazy, right??
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