When an author focuses on two teenaged street kids as the protagonists for his story, you have to be concerned. Generally, things don't end well. Blink and Caution are smart and canny, although their instincts aren't always very good. So Blink is searching a very nice hotel for breakfast, and he is accidentally witness to a disturbing scene. Just how disturbing he has to work out, watching and reading the news, piecing together clues to find out what happened, and whether there might be something in it for him. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Toronto, Caution has been taken in by a dealer, in more ways than one. The risks and dangers are mounting for both of them, and their lives are about to take an even more perilous turn.Wynne-Jones does a brilliant job of making the reader really care about these kids. He doesn't try to disguise how hard life on the streets is, and he doesn't pretend that they can get through without getting their hands dirty. The police are never going to be on their side, especially not when Blink starts to uncover a CEO's web of influence. Of course I wanted them to make it, but every minute I was reading this I was aware just how unlikely it was that they could make it out alive. Too many people are out for blood, and a girl with a Little Mermaid backpack is too easy to spot. If this was a movie, it would be directed by Luc Besson.Library copy. DNF - I made it about 70 pages. The book is written from two perspectives: Caution's part in the tale is written in the 3rd person. Blink's is written in the 2nd person. Turns out I super hate reading something written in the 2nd person...it bothered me enough that I didn't want to continue. This is likely a good story which is why I didn't put my rating in of it - I don't want to lower the rating b/c I hate 2nd person story-telling. Also, when a book bounces between two different characters, I can't handle the bounce between different viewpoint styles (I'd have the same issue if one was first person and the other was 3rd person).
What do You think about Blink & Caution (2011)?
It was amazing! Especially for my first second person read. I really loved it!
—Jkha96
Very chopped story. Hard to find out place and time. Not finished.
—Hanabanan
