IMO it wasn't as confusing as @Geemeedee made it out to be as I was able to see as the story went along the motivation and reasons why the bad guys kidnapped Derek Dad. But I also concur that it could have been set up better and about his point about more of an emotional response from the characters still all in all a good chapter.
One small itty bitty thing thats no big deal but Derek referred to Molly Hatchet as Country Rock I have always classified them as Southern Rock like Lynyrd Skynyrd I don't remember any country elements in their songs but perhaps more recently they have done that
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