Perhaps it’s just a pet peeve I’ve developed, or something, but, isn’t there a way to show character depth other than “I have a huge family boner, and that’s the limit of my depth” Like I get it family is important, but do you have to remind the reader of this every moment you can? Also what is with this warped view of his relationships with what is let’s face it children who are in fact HIS AGE this is getting stupid, he IS a CHILD, he is 11-12 and really asking if it’s ok to show love and emotion to someone his own age? I get that he is much older in his head, but he isn’t, he is a child, a child! Please stop making it seem wrong, there is no reason to make it seem wrong… meh other than that it’s a good book, he seems reasonably strong to me considering the fact that he is essentially an adult in a child’s body so he has years of experience beyond his years.
