A middle school student finds himself pulled into the morass
of a criminal crew who are violently robbing banks.
Aaron is in a less than stellar family situation with an
abusive step father intimidating his mother and terrorizing Aaron. Aaron's escapism is with Willy, his British
accented sidekick. Together they pull
pranks and roam the streets trying to avoid going home. Aaron blunders into a criminal gang and is
suddenly an unwilling participant in violence.
Avery postulates some interesting things. His web site states that he likes to put
ordinary people into tense situations to see how they react. Aaron exhibits some classic Stockholm characteristics as he bonds with
several of the criminals.
The gang members are a confusing melange with a very mixed
background. Needles appears to have
been drawn in due to debt and desperation.
The "good" reasons for his criminal behavior are pale in comparison
to the violence he helps to perpetuate.
A white knight appears in the appearance of Michael who
befriends Aaron and plays a minor part in the story. Aaron's hyper-attractive mother scores the
attention of Souther the psychopathic gang leader.
The story had a lot of action but there was a lack of depth
in some of the characters. The overall
feeling was a shallow but exciting story with some plausibility concerns. I still enjoyed it.
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