The conclusion was satisfying to me, but then unsatisfying.
Towards the ending chapters of the book, you begin to suspect ten different ways the story would go. That it was Phyllis and Walter, then Phyllis and Sachetti, then i even thought Lola and Sachetti. The author gave the readers an edge and sort of made us want to solve the case ourselves. The ending was quite unpredictable, especially since i was pretty sure that i knew what was going to happen in the ending.
I'm quite disappointed with Walter and Phyllis' conclusion. Walter did the right thing by telling the truth and writing the statement (which is the whole book), but i felt as if he didn't get anything out of it. Lola married Nino and he had no money. And what about Phyllis? Did she really get no conviction at all for the murders? She really got a away with murder and it sickens me. But we were also never really confirmed that it was all true. Especially since we have been mislead throughout the story multiple times. The whole story was of Walters knowledge, we have no idea of the actual truth. He could have been given false information about certain things.
The ending was confusing to me. Did they commit suicide? But like i said, this was just Walters information. We have no idea of what really happened to Walter and Phyllis. Maybe she would turn her back on him once again and let him jump off the boat, or vice versa.
SERIOUSLY! I couldn't agree more. I still question if the whole murder of those three kids were true or not. How can we trust Sachetti or even Keyes in general? What if Sachetti was lying, or what if Keyes made up the whole story of him talking to Sachetti?
ReplyDeleteActually, to be honest, even though it's obvious, I didn't even consider the fact that it was all through Walter's perspective. So he could be misleading us as well.
So many unanswered questions!
I really love the way you put the whole thing. I myself was overwhelmingly upset at the way the book ended. there was no real ending at all. the fate of Walter and Phyllis seem to go up in the air. I also thought there would have been more of a love story ending for Walter and Lola. That maybe keys would have let them to be together. or that he would have let Walter start his life over with the knowledge of never going back and doing something like that again, for no one or nothing not even his own desires. You have a beautiful way of using your words I look forward to flowing you from here on out.
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