Human beings with a twist of the supernatural, of course! They are not over exaggerated they are just acting like normal human beings. I have said this before in earlier reviews – I really love realistic novels, and these two main characters are very realistic and therefore very likeable. He isn’t perfect – he isn’t this godly, unreal character that we often read about in the genre. He is the novel’s male protagonist, but he also differs from the usual young adult male lead. Jem is a reasonable girl who tries to avoid drugs and people with bad influence. But I don’t find Jem to be the typical fictional rebellious teenager, because they tend to want to be the baddest of bad. Jem is supposed to be this half rebellious loner who often stays away from school. These characters and this relationship is what I want to compliment the most of this novel. One day she meets a guy from her class called Spider, and without wanting to, Jem slowly develops a relationship with him. The protagonist is a girl called Jem, who keeps to herself, trying to ignore the deathly numbers that she sees in people’s eyes. Numbers by Rachel Ward is a novel published in 2010 with quite an interesting storyline. The countdown is to a blowup, and her world is about to explode!” But on a date to London, Jem foresees a chilling chain of events. Until she hooks up with Spider and decides to take a chance.

Dates predicting death.īurdened by such grim knowledge, Jem avoids relationships.

Numbers that pop into her head when she looks into someone’s eyes. ”Since the day her mother died, Jem has known about the numbers.

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