the piper's son
Summary
Thomas Mackee wants oblivion. Wants to forget parents who leave and friends he used to care about and a string of one-night stands, and favourite uncles being blown to smithereens on their way to work on the other side of the world.
But when his flatmates turn him out of the house, Tom moves in with his single, pregnant aunt, Georgie. And starts working at the Union pub with his former friends. And winds up living with his grieving father again. And remembers how he abandoned Tara Finke two years ago, after his uncle's death.
And in a year when everything's broken, Tom realises that his family and friends need him to help put the pieces back together as much as he needs them.
In my opinion I feel that Tom is a very boring character, because he is selfless, he cares for his family and less for himself. Tom’s family has many issues, and Tom looks like his the protagonist of the story. According to the book Tom is the main character, but instead I don’t think this book, “the piper’s son” tells many stories about this character Tom, but instead it talks more about Tom’s relatives which really annoys me. To me personally I don’t think Tom has any strengths, because this book bores me, so I don’t really understand anything that’s being portrait about the character. Tom’s actions frustrate me because he doesn’t go to uni, instead he works at a pub, providing for his pregnant aunt Georgie, and that frustrates me because he should be living his life, but instead he has to deal with his ungrateful family. To be honest I don’t really like anything about Tom because he seems like a complete looser, who has no life what so ever, all he does is drink at the pub that he works at, and party with his other idiotic friends.
Thomas Mackee wants oblivion. Wants to forget parents who leave and friends he used to care about and a string of one-night stands, and favourite uncles being blown to smithereens on their way to work on the other side of the world.
But when his flatmates turn him out of the house, Tom moves in with his single, pregnant aunt, Georgie. And starts working at the Union pub with his former friends. And winds up living with his grieving father again. And remembers how he abandoned Tara Finke two years ago, after his uncle's death.
And in a year when everything's broken, Tom realises that his family and friends need him to help put the pieces back together as much as he needs them.
In my opinion I feel that Tom is a very boring character, because he is selfless, he cares for his family and less for himself. Tom’s family has many issues, and Tom looks like his the protagonist of the story. According to the book Tom is the main character, but instead I don’t think this book, “the piper’s son” tells many stories about this character Tom, but instead it talks more about Tom’s relatives which really annoys me. To me personally I don’t think Tom has any strengths, because this book bores me, so I don’t really understand anything that’s being portrait about the character. Tom’s actions frustrate me because he doesn’t go to uni, instead he works at a pub, providing for his pregnant aunt Georgie, and that frustrates me because he should be living his life, but instead he has to deal with his ungrateful family. To be honest I don’t really like anything about Tom because he seems like a complete looser, who has no life what so ever, all he does is drink at the pub that he works at, and party with his other idiotic friends.