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WT Sharpe · 02-15-2018, 11:42 PM

So, did Irene off Clare? Or did Clare's husband send her on the express to the first floor? Or did Clare do herself in? I've got to admit that my reaction to the ending is as enigmatic as the ending itself. There's a part of me that loves the lady or the tiger ambiguity, and another part that sees it as a way to tie up a story quickly which admitted of no quick solution. I would have liked to have seen how Jack Bellow's life played it after the revelation, and I would have liked to have seen how Clare's future played out.

While the story was very good, I thought it could have been so much more.

02-15-2018, 11:42 PM	#42
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	So, did Irene off Clare? Or did Clare's husband send her on the express to the first floor? Or did Clare do herself in? I've got to admit that my reaction to the ending is as enigmatic as the ending itself. There's a part of me that loves the lady or the tiger ambiguity, and another part that sees it as a way to tie up a story quickly which admitted of no quick solution. I would have liked to have seen how Jack Bellow's life played it after the revelation, and I would have liked to have seen how Clare's future played out. While the story was very good, I thought it could have been so much more.