Dermot's Fate

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I think Dermot shouldn't be left off the hook so easily. He should have be brought to justice for his crime. Well may be a sequel shed more light in that!
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In my opinion, I thing Dermot will face the judge in the next book that will be produced and this can be a hint of what should be expected.
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Dermot was not properly explained. He would disappear for long periods. Things started almost randomly happening apparently from his bidding. He was just a voice down a phone but we could have seen more of his planning with his new thugs and so on. He left a lot of questions. He was a bit of a wasted chance to bring more menace to the book.
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MirageP wrote: 14 Mar 2020, 12:44 Yes. There was too much backstory to Dermot's character, not enough epilogue. Also, I didn't like that his backstory made him a more sympathetic character. As a villain, I expected to hate him even more.
I definitely agree that his ending left much to be wanting, but I was actually pretty alright with him having a sympathetic background. I like my villains to be two-sided. Much more human that way, instead of just someone to place all of our wrath into (but, definitely, there can be value in that, too). I like the inner-conflict it can create. However, I think that his story wasn't introduced well and wasn't placed well in the book. Typically in that scenario, the sympathetic side would be more likely to come at the ending or somewhere near the ending. That way there is more shock value. The author did the same thing for Seamus. I was fine with his story, but I wasn't a fan of its execution.
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Josephe-Anne wrote: 31 Mar 2020, 22:58
LinaMueller wrote: 31 Mar 2020, 18:15
jdraper16 wrote: 10 Mar 2020, 09:31 I feel he got off too easily for what he had planned. Thoughts?
Sadly, that's life. I agree that Dermot was evil and deserved to suffer much more. :evil2:
Well said! But as you mentioned, sometimes wicked people don't get the punishment we think they deserve - at least not right away...
That's definitely true, but it can make for a very frustrated reader. I believe that most fictitious stories need a balance between reality and fantasy, to the degree that you aren't even sure if that could happen in real life but it feels like it could be a possibility. I like juuuuust enough reality to go along with my fiction; too much reality can pull away from the fun factor of a fiction novel. Not always, of course, but in this case, I think it would be very unfortunate for the book and the reader if there isn't more to the Dermot story.
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His role felt unfinished and the reason he did the things he did seemed out of proportion to his actions. His skeleton was not that dramatic!
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Dragonsend wrote: 11 Jun 2020, 18:17 His role felt unfinished and the reason he did the things he did seemed out of proportion to his actions. His skeleton was not that dramatic!
Exactly this! It needed an extra twist level, as well as credibility; what was at risk for him if folk found out about his past and so on.
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ThomasCShearman1976 wrote: 14 Jun 2020, 02:31
Dragonsend wrote: 11 Jun 2020, 18:17 His role felt unfinished and the reason he did the things he did seemed out of proportion to his actions. His skeleton was not that dramatic!
Exactly this! It needed an extra twist level, as well as credibility; what was at risk for him if folk found out about his past and so on.
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Yesssss!!! I was left wanting when it came to Dermot. My craving for payback really was not satisfied. One of the reasons I felt that the whole story was incomplete.
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For me, it is one of the open ends of this book, and I would have loved to read more about him, his background, his thoughts, and his reasoning. The end of the book felt a bit rushed to me.
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I also would have like to see him pay for his crimes. I agree that the author brushed aside the fate of Dermot and almost rushed through it. It didn't bother me too much because the book had other amazing qualities to it. But in general that piece could have been handled better.
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