For Rachel to have a letter proving that, yes, their father did have cyanide to "do what he knows he has to do" led me to think that their father did plan to kill them but Marjorie beat him to the punch.
Their father was also probably pretty "not right in the head", although we don't know if that was because of his recent circumstance or had always been somewhat the case (they did reference his anger).
The truly shocking and deeply affecting part of this story, for me, was obviously the ending when we find out that Merry, and not her father, had ultimately killed the family, albeit under false pretenses and manipulation. It also enabled the reader to pay more attention to the dynamics of what was wrong with the family and how they were all coping/facing everything instead of some kind of "Clear Solution" Anyhoo, the role of the Church in this, between the thin "evidence" they gathered to get permission for the exorcism and the way they themselves brought the reality show into the Barrett's life, finally in the way they promptly and wholly abandoned the Barrett's afterwards was a great touch because it really kept the focus of the story on the family and not on the Church. I will admit right now that I don't love possession stories, mainly because I believe they often waft into clear views of "Good vs Evil, but the Church always wins" (aka: They are sometimes too Church Propoganda-y for me.) I'll secondly admit that I've seen more possession stories than I have read, so I am open to others that go in a different direction. "Karen" also provided us another view to the story, so there were multiple angles to consider throughout the novel. Bringing it more into the modern was the added layer of the reality show, which gave us yet another level from which we could view of the situation as well as its exacerbating factors. I appreciated that this was a modern day possession focused story but what I think I appreciated the most about it is how little Tremblay tried to convince the reader that Marjorie was truly possessed by a demon instead of possibly being truly sick. On one hand, I found the story of a family in crisis well written and interesting. Whole lotta spoilers below, they will be mostly tagged (except my final paragraphs) but if you are on mobile, the spoiler tags may or may not work - IDK why Reddit sometimes does that.Īnyway, I'm not sure how to feel after having read this.
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