Book 4: Post 2

Hey all, as you may know, I have been reading Did Not Finish by Simon Wood. This books is a mystery novel based around a murder case. Basically, a racecar driver is killed during a race by an adversary who had threatened to kill him the night before. One of the other drivers feels an emotional connection to the murdered driver and sets out to find and punish the killer. So far, the main character, Aidy, has gathered a lot of evidence against the suspected driver. He brought in the crashed racecar and also took pictures of the crash scene at the track. During this time, he finds out more about his personality and his emotions than ever before. For example, when someone questions him about his endeavor, stating, “What are you hoping to get out of all this, Aidy? Your fifteen minutes? You name in lights? A leg up in you racing career?” (Wood 70) Eventually, these hurtful comments showed Aidy something about himself. He realized that he only cared about the accident because he had lost his parents in almost the exact same way. He learned more about himself through the questioning others gave him about his involvement in the murder case. However, this makes me worried, since he realized this halfway through the book, which probably means that there is not much more character development through the rest of the novel. I will soon find out if that is true. The first part of this book was pretty cool and interesting, so hopefully it continues throughout the rest of the book. I’m looking forward to it!