Tuesday, March 18, 2008

A "Grave" Reflection

I completed Grave Sight last night and the more I reflect on the relationship between Harper and her "brother" Tolliver, the more I am creeped out. OK - they aren't actually brother and sister and there is no "dating" between them, but she is just so dependent upon him that it seems unhealthy. (Yes, I know that they are fictional characters.)

Tolliver is her step brother. They met when they were teenagers and now they travel looking for dead bodies. Harper finds the bodies and Tolliver is her manager who takes the jobs and manages the business end of things.

I'm feeling a little creeped at the conclusion of these two books and it isn't because of the dead bodies. I don't think I'd have as much of a problem with it if she just introduced him as "Tolliver" as opposed to "this is my brother Tolliver" and my brother this, my brother that... "I need my brother!"

Get a backbone woman. You find bodies for a living. Stand on your own two feet!

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