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Originally Posted by amward
That was exactly what I thought. somehow the ending didn't live up to the rest of the book. And who was the governess really? A ghost? Giles' mother? And did she really walk on water and appear in the mirrors? I do like to have the ends tied up (boring I know, but hey if I want to make the decisions I might as well write the book).
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I felt exactly the same!
I wondered if she was the ghost of Giles' mother? I half expected her to be a figment of Florence's imagination and that Florence was mad.
But I totally agree, it didn't end well for me and that bothers me somewhat. I too like to have all the I's dotted and T's crossed and it just didn't happen.
I did love the book up to the last few pages really.
Apparently it's loosely influenced by The Turn of The Screw which i read years ago so am now going to re-read because I'm anal like that.
I'm sad about F&G because for me, then ending spoiled what I thought was a fantastic book.
I thought Florence's language was extremely well done.