Dani’s Comments (group member since May 19, 2025)

Dani’s comments from the Lost In The Plot group.

D wrote: "Omg Dani you made me remember that I was shocked the narrator was a man! Cuz in the very beginning I was picturing a woman talking and narrating and then he said his name and I was like whoa what. ..."

I literally thought the same! I was actually hopeful of the female narrator xD
Also, agree with what you and Iwana were saying in general where the more misogynistic perspective is really Theo (well that's what im hoping). The way he sees things is fitting of the narrative the writer is trying to create. Him growing up in a toxic household dominated by his father further supports that narrative.

I was really hopeful when he went to Ruth (actually representative of a good therapist) but after he decided to just stay with Karen I knew everything was doomed and started figuring out where it was headed lol.

Overall, I was fully entertained by this book. BUT I was cringing and also annoyed by parts of it 🤣 I personally found the plot twist somewhat obvious and the ending was a little bit of a let down. However, I think it gets points for the fact that it was a nice light read and I was still hooked in the sense that there were enough suspects I wasn’t 100% sure of my theory. Even when I was, I was curious about how it would actually get wrapped up.

Things I was a bit bothered by…

#1 The portrayal of mental health/psychiatric patients. It was extremely stereotypical and reminded me of the way old movies would depict mental psychiatric facilities. Im guessing/hoping he was trying to show how flawed Theo (and the facility in general) was? But also wondered if he really doesn’t know enough/didn’t research enough. I am pretty interested/somewhat educated in psychology and mental health more than the avg person, so this probably affected my view on it.

I do think that the book demonstrates well how unresolved trauma will bleed into the rest of your life and have lasting negative effects on you and the people around you.

#2 It was clearly a misogynistic/sexist perspective…also sex was mentioned so many times when it added nothing whatsoever. Again, could be reinforcing who Theo is as a character but it did get a little old. By the time it got to Barbie i was like…………..🙄