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So, if she did it, then she WAS the "guy" in disguise on the bus? It was kind of a disappointing ending for me. The author did a really good job in court showing how she didn't do it - that by the time it came around to the ending it seemed so unbelievable.
Steve I'm with you 100% especially as the entire book painted a picture of an intelligent but extremely unsophisticated person when it came to her understan…moreI'm with you 100% especially as the entire book painted a picture of an intelligent but extremely unsophisticated person when it came to her understanding of the modern 'civilized' world. For her to suddenly employ a sophisticated counter-intelligence caper of that caliber with a through understanding and anticipation of how the criminal investigation would be conducted was silly, frankly.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
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