August 2, 2018 – 11:28 AM
Aldous Crouch — Played by Kayte
(August 2, 2018 – 8:15 AM)Constance Sykes Wrote: Also also I have a copy with the original title (it was Nan’s) and it’s facsimile is 1968 which doesn’t seem remotely old enough.
I kind of want it just for the WTF factor xP
ALSO THIS BOOK WAS STELLAR. I will leave the rest of my thoughts in spoiler tags so that I can live without fear.
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Okay so I did love this book, but I found Vera's death to be, to pull a word from the book, incredible (in the bad way). I know tensions had run high etc etc, but I just can't buy that someone who was all "HELLS YEAH I LIVED GONNA GO HOME BITCHES" would minutes (pages) later just casually hang herself because the stuff was already there.
HOLY HELL THE KILLER THO. Did not see that coming.
Also did this book inspire Dexter 'cause Wargrave seems like Dexter ;P
A tale of fault: Wargrave's letter said he killed Anthony and Mrs. Rogers first because they were the least culpable, however I disagree. I think Ms. Brent had no intention of killing that girl—it was entirely Beatrice's* own doing and not actually a forseeable consequence, SO. Also, Anthony had shown zero remorse and was plainly a risk of doing it again, so I think their positions ought to have been switched.
QUICK Q: at the beginning-ish of the book it made it clear that Armstrong didn't drink anymore since that was an issue for him, but Brent was specifically the only one who took water over alcohol after the gramophone incident, and then for the rest of the book it talked about EVERYONE having drinks.
Do you think this was change for Armstrong and affected his behaviour/usefulness in the rest of the book, or was this merely one of those period things that we don't necessarily understand and he's fine if he's not binge drinking gin in a closet?
* Beatrice: preferred name for girls who are lead astray in fiction and on Charming lol
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