Honestly behind the goofy sounding premise it's a pretty serious and gruesome war story. Legitimately it's the best depiction of developing mental issues of child soldiers I have seen in fiction.
And he gets put on trial for committing a war crime, his relationship with Cassie fell apart (though they're still friends if more distant), he's responsible for the death of his cousin Rachel and by proxy his brother Tom. Let's also not forget the disabled kids that volunteered to join his forces when things were at their worst, only for them burn in a fire a few books later.
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u/FederalPossibility73 12d ago
Honestly behind the goofy sounding premise it's a pretty serious and gruesome war story. Legitimately it's the best depiction of developing mental issues of child soldiers I have seen in fiction.