I am not a person that believes in a state-sanctioned death penalty, but I actively wanted this character to die as a harm-reduction measure before the end of the book. There was literally nothing good about Doughty; it is never to anyone else’s benefit to have met or interacted with him in the slightest. We see in his head, so it isn’t misinterpretation or misunderstanding. I don’t know how I, as a human, feel about recognizing that I have within myself the ability to cast a life-and-death judgment on the representation of another human, and without hesitation opt for death.

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