Talk:The Sophomore, Book 2/@comment-34138917-20180117202455/@comment-34381956-20180118041733

I should probably put a spoiler warning here, since I'm talking about today's chapter below, but it doesn't feel like there's actually much to spoil in this book. Anyway, read at your own risk, I guess.

I kind of feel bad for MC because she's become a supporting character in her own story. For example, the dinner in the most recent chapter was supposed to be for both MC and James, right? But it seemed to me that MC was only there to talk James up and further his career. I mean, I get that he's just graduated and everything, whereas MC hasn't even declared her major (which will probably be writing because I doubt we'll get a choice in the matter), but it still didn't sit well with me. There's nothing wrong with being supportive of one's friends, but MC's mother hen-ing shouldn't come at the expense of being an actually interesting character with her own interests and problems.