She makes you consider Stockholm syndrome from the inside. You see what Christopher does? She makes you, the reader, experience Stockholm syndrome, so that by the end you're as conflicted as Gemma about the outcome and about your own feelings of Gemma's resistance and Ty's culpability. He had a sad life and has such a vulnerable quality and if only Gemma would love him it would make him all better. From the beginning, you want Gemma to get over it and like Ty. Ty is a kidnapper and has a temper, but he's a kind, likable kidnapper. Ty and Gemma are basically the only characters in the book, so you want them to end up together. She realizes this power, that as an author, she can direct you in what you're supposed to want, who you're supposed to like, and what ending you're supposed to root for. I remember thinking "it's just a movie you're supposed to want that," because I had wanted it.Ĭhristopher is a smart woman. My dad, trying to keep the morality of four teenage girls intact, complained about movies always doing that, making you root for something you didn't believe in. When I was a teenager, I remember watching a movie with my family and the couple onscreen kissed for the first time and of course five seconds later were sleeping together.
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