Wanting the DAMAGED goods.......

So far Damaged is a very good reading. I admire the way our narrator articulates his words with detailed examples followed by vivid personification. His lifestyle of always trying to be the best or at least in his words "avoid being dominated by his own father" did not come as a surprise to me when he began to fall for Anna Barton. Perfectionists usually have some loose end somewhere. Our narrator said himself that "to be in the game, but not playing with intent to win, is to be the enemy". Here he is being the unrecognized villain in this game and cannot do anything to suppress it. Because the reading was so good, I had to try my very best not to read past chapter 14 before I wrote my blog but I believe he is going to try to thwart his son  either into not going to Paris, or not prolonging things with Anna. Speaking of Anna, I totally agree with her statement about all people that are damaged are dangerous. She said survival makes them this way. I believe with damaged people the worst was/has been done, so whatever the next person is going through isn't half as bad as what they've been through themselves. This definitely is something that experience instills in you, and the universe throws your way. I do not believe it is necessarily a bad trait either, it is a strengthening mechanism regardless if it is voluntary or involuntary.