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Dan Unnecessary, out of character, and emblematic of the problem with Gomez's character. We are told that he saves Henry over and over when he is introduced. Then we never see any of that, and instead get this weird obsession with Clare.

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Adam Davis It seemed very strange to me. There was no reason for it plot wise, as the main story was pretty much over. I’d also argue that there wasn’t much point in revealing their earlier encounter during the two year gap. If that had led to conflict between either character and Henry it would make sense. But the second encounter they had was entirely pointless. Just made Gomez and Clare look bad.

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Elizabeth I agree with you on this. We know that Gomez was in love with Clare, and that she was terribly sad and in need of physical love, but it was out of character for her.

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Raelop I found it unpleasant but also realistic
1) Clare is an extremely sexual person in nature
2) she’s going through complex grief/trauma and this would be a common action for someone in that position -impulsivity, depersonalisation
3) none of the characters in this book are “good”. This isn’t a fairy tale and they all end up doing horrible things and hurting people. Life isn’t easy and they don’t have the luxury of “being moral” at all time under such circumstances.

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