The violence itself is relegated to two or three paragraphs in the final chapter only, and it doesn't really seem like the point of the story, but I could be wrong there.
I do not think anyone killed the toddler, or if she was killed, it was an accident.
The boy who kills himself, doesn't seem capable. In fact two of the characters who have their lives the most together, remark that it doesn't seem like he could have lifted the rock (the rock has blood on it). His suspicious behavior around the death doesn't seem like the behavior of someone who has done this particular bad thing. He's done other bad things, but so has everyone in the little neighborhood. I actually had to re-read the paragraph where he dies like three times, and I'm still not certain he kills himself. The same characters who don't think he could have killed the toddler suspect that it is odd he was able to kill himself.
Such an odd book. Lots of different threads set up, but most of them not really tied up. Much more realistic than dramatic. But it all paints a picture of class, and insularity.
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The violence itself is relegated to two or three paragraphs in the final chapter only, and it doesn't really seem like the point of the story, but I could be wrong there.
I do not think anyone killed the toddler, or if she was killed, it was an accident.
The boy who kills himself, doesn't seem capable. In fact two of the characters who have their lives the most together, remark that it doesn't seem like he could have lifted the rock (the rock has blood on it). His suspicious behavior around the death doesn't seem like the behavior of someone who has done this particular bad thing. He's done other bad things, but so has everyone in the little neighborhood. I actually had to re-read the paragraph where he dies like three times, and I'm still not certain he kills himself. The same characters who don't think he could have killed the toddler suspect that it is odd he was able to kill himself.
Such an odd book. Lots of different threads set up, but most of them not really tied up. Much more realistic than dramatic. But it all paints a picture of class, and insularity.