I 100% agree. Paul shouldn’t have expected a child who was thrown into an extremely random, dangerous situation to look for everyone else. Rudy was concerned about survival and always looking for ways to get home no matter how many shenanigans he got into along the way. Imagine how he feels after coming home and reuniting with a family member for the first time just to get blamed for everything that happened. I understand that Paul was distraught and trauma-filled from what happened but the reality is this was just an unavoidable situation that was tragic for everyone. I really think he shoulda addressed how not ok it was to, as a parent,be shifting all of the responsibility onto Rudy :/
i’m still mad at him. i still cry whenever i read that part back. it was supposed to be a happy reunion because his son was safe, but there he was getting mad at him and forgetting his son was still a CHILD. not to forget, rudy was thrown on a dangerous location with also a kid to protect. he’s been doing his best to survive, and has been at death’s door but when he met with his father he was blamed instead of being told how much of a good job he did. i wish they showed more of paul redeeming himself to rudy but they didn’t ╥﹏╥
I reread this a few times and every single time I hate Paul more and more. He's probably trying but he's the worst fucking father every time it actually matters. I cannot forgive him for the "bullying" incident way at the start, the cheating, and probably a whole other slew of things I can't think of right now, but when he treated Rudy like that I actually wanted to fucking murder the guy.
I cry there every single time without fail as well. You can just see Rudy breaking inside.
I know this is old new but I kinda want to know. Here my take: I understand Paul action due to trauma, him not knowing the hardship Rudy has gone through and the way Rudy act cheerfully giving Paul the wrong idea. Despite all that , I still feel Paul actions is still shitty and not justifiable. Wish that the author elaborate on that more, and make Paul take a little more responsibility for his action instead on just brush it away. But anyway, that my take, what your?