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That totally summed up all my thoughts in a brilliant way, thanks :)
Yes, this is how I felt too! I finished the book and went right back to chapter one to read his introduction to the house. There are so many little things throughout where I thought, man, this dude is lying to me.
I agree in all parts but one - that is his own knowledge of his actions. I think that last scene nicely sums up his own mental state. He is "the little stranger," and the active murderer of the family but his narration is also totally honest. He is unaware of his own actions and the mental instability that dogs the narrative is, in fact, his own.
—Yes— I just finished the book and just realizing how Dr. Faraday tells the story in a manner that one reads as completely solid, sensible, objective but it is from the intention of casting himself in a positive light. Like how a seemingly normal, yet privately deluded man will go lengths to snip and frame most stories they tell to people, rather than relay the truth. Whether he’s being consciously dishonest or (worse) unconsciously, it makes no difference
What the heck? I didn't figure that out on my own, but I think you're right. That makes this book even better.
Yes, this is how I read the book as well.
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Yes that was how I read it too. Also, he is the first to start the destruction of the house....when breaks off the plaster acorn as a child.
Yes, this is how I felt too! I finished the book and went right back to chapter one to read his introduction to the house. There are so many little things throughout where I thought, man, this dude is lying to me.
I agree in all parts but one - that is his own knowledge of his actions. I think that last scene nicely sums up his own mental state. He is "the little stranger," and the active murderer of the family but his narration is also totally honest. He is unaware of his own actions and the mental instability that dogs the narrative is, in fact, his own.
—Yes— I just finished the book and just realizing how Dr. Faraday tells the story in a manner that one reads as completely solid, sensible, objective but it is from the intention of casting himself in a positive light. Like how a seemingly normal, yet privately deluded man will go lengths to snip and frame most stories they tell to people, rather than relay the truth. Whether he’s being consciously dishonest or (worse) unconsciously, it makes no difference
What the heck? I didn't figure that out on my own, but I think you're right. That makes this book even better.
Yes, this is how I read the book as well.
