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Originally Posted by Catlady
Speaking of Scarlett, I sympathize completely with her horror of what Bod became. I too think he turned monstrous and unsympathetic. It was hard to recognize the character at the end as the same one who had wanted to create a special headstone for his friend.
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I don't understand this.
What else was a 15 year old kid supposed to do to defend himself from the 4 (5? my book had to be returned) magic enhanced killers? The only option he had was to outwit them and trap them. Maybe he could have found a weapon in one of the crypts but it's not like he had any training.
Yes, Jack Frost's "death" was horrible but Bod had been hinting at what he wanted to do to him the entire book. That was part of the reason that the ghosts wouldn't let him leave - they were afraid of what Bod would try to do as much as what might happen to him. In the end, the Sleer was just the last available option to save himself and Scarlett after Jack went after Scarlett instead of Bod like Bod expected.
As for putting Scarlett in Sleer's lair, was there anywhere else you would suggest that would be safer? She had been there already and the Sleer wasn't a threat unless you tried to take the knife/stuff. My take on Bod's thought process is that he put her there because it was the safest location and because he knew that if something did go wrong there was a chance the Sleer would (possibly inadvertently) protect her. I can see how she would think she was bait given the way things went but I don't see that at all in Bod's behavior.