Words on Proxy by Alex London (Proxy #1)

Syd is a proxy - in his world, debt is everything, and, in exchange for having his debts paid for, must act as a proxy, being punished for his patron's crimes. His patron, Knox, has never been a good boy, and over the years Syd has been punished many times while Knox goes on unharmed. (As one might imagine, this really ticks Syd off.) After Knox does the unthinkable - commits a murder - Syd and Knox come into contact and Syd is sentanced to death. The boys, flee their city, driven by the promise of safety with a group of rebels called "Rebooters". Syd learns he also may play an important role in changing the system - forgiving debts and destroying the need for proxies. But in the end Syd must choose if he wants to be paid for his suffering or if he wants to do everything he can to help make things better. After all, this is bigger than any of them.

On a slightly less related note, whoever wrote the book must like Charles Dickens.

Knox's arrogance was a bit infuriating, I must say. And Sydney's outlook on like was very depressing.

Such is the unavoidable truth with most sci-fi books, the amount of terms and things that were in this future were confusing when they were used with any, or very little explanation. (Of course, if London took the time to explain everything, that would turn the book into a boring mess.) I enjoyed the idea of the book, and the exploration of the difference between the people who owe and those that pay was very interesting and really makes you think.

Nevertheless, I wasn't big on it. I couldn't bring myself to find in that thrilling or new. It just bored me at times and I didn't see enough of the characters to really care about them that much. 3.5/5. Meh.

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