Alicia asked:

Why did Colleen have to write that last chapter?? Why???

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Brianne

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Meya o_O

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Frances

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Aliana Fernandez De Cossio Cause she's BRILLIANT!

That last line, "The only question that remains is: which truth was she manipulating?" will have me thinking about it for days!!!

Personally I think the letter was a cover up. Then again, if the manuscript was true writing it and printing it was a stupid idea..... Still think the letter was a cover up.

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Doreto Kozareva The letter is a lie. There is no normal person/mother who would write this way about his dead children ...

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Gbolahan To show us that, despite what you think you know, you know nothing, Jon Snow. 😁

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Jeanie

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angie (taylor's version) I think the sole purpose of the letter is to raise doubts. In the case of Verity, in Lowen (or Jeremy, if he had been the one who read the letter) and in the case of Colleen, in us. I can't believe that a person can invent all those attacks and thoughts against their own daughters (or daughter) without having them. Maybe projecting them onto someone else for a book, yes, but on yourself? Sadistic. And pretend to be in a vegetative state? Súper sadistic.

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June I think she gave you a choice which was really true. I didn’t believe it for one minute. She was a manipulative bitch.

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manda

This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)[After reading this book I had a hard time trying to believe what was the lie and what was the truth but now I have come to my conclusion. The manuscript is the truth; on page 111 Lowen states “suddenly without a doubt I know it’s true. A mother wouldn’t write about herself- about her daughters-if it weren’t the truth. A mother who never had those feelings or thoughts would never even dream of them. I don’t care how good of a writer verity is she would never compromise herself as a mother by writing something so horrid if she didn’t actually experience that.” Which is true no mother would ever even dream about that happening to their children or even doing such things to their children. Though someone brought up how Colleen herself is a mother and she was able to write about it. I thought about while that is true Colleen is not writing about her own kids; for her she’s writing about a fictional mother and fictional kids; They are not real outside of the book. Many people write about similar things happening with kids for horror and thriller movie, but the fact is, they are never writing about their own kids and about themselves; It is always someone else. The next thing I would like to touch on is the scare on Chastins face verity mentions how in the book she was jealous that they were taking her husband away from her, so she went to the bathroom when he was sleeping and attempted to do what she did with the coat hanger. Which lead up to their next doctor’s appointment the doctor mentions the scar on chastins face while she is still in the womb. Then we get to the boat scene where Harper passes away; when Lowen asked Crew to tell her what happened that day he says to Lowen how his mother told him not to talk about it. Why would she not want him to talk about had she not actually killed her. Verity states in her letter how she knew Lowen had found the manuscript; Verity knew that at some point Lowen would tell Jeremy. Jeremy had already been suspicious of her killing Harper and that manuscript would only confirm all his thoughts. If everything in that manuscript was false and just an exercise, why had she not already told Jeremy why hide it knowing someday he would find it. The last thing I think is super important is when Jeremy is telling Lowen about Verity’s parents and how when he called them after the accident Verity’s father stated something along the lines of how psychopaths get what they deserve. I think that is one of the most disturbing parts is how verity’s parents wanted no contact with her no seemed to even care that she had been in an accident and its almost as her father knew karma was coming for her. The letter itself is a cover up it’s showing us how truly manipulative she is. While believe there is partial truth to her letter such as Jeremy trying to kill her in a car accident. He believed Verity killed Harper because she acted like she never cared about her as stated in the manuscript Jeremy hated that she never talked about Harper and always pushed her to the side. I don’t think he would have tried to kill Verity had Verity seemed to actually care about Harper. Verity wrote the letter to cover up her actions and in all honesty I believe she wrote it for Lowen to find so she would think that Jeremy was the bad guy all along and she would leave him and he would be miserable because Verity wanted him all to herself. (hide spoiler)]

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Sheila I actually think that Verity writing it as some form of release or coping strategy to deal with the experience makes more sense than her writing a whole ass manuscript and printing it at that, with the potential it has to be a prime evidence to all her supposed crimes

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Franco D Why not? If it's about the story line, it's ok, as good an ending as any other. But what I do not like is that the quality of the writing/storytelling in the last few chapters was relatively poor compared to the rest of the book.

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Ash

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Robbie White If the letter WAS true why wouldn't Verity have turned to someone for help, including Lowen? Also what about what her father said to Jeremy?

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Maribeth what did Verity's father say to Jeremy

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Ann-Marie Ha ha! I know, right?! It keeps you guessing about Verity's level of sanity - or not.

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Hui To make you really uncomfortable and question the actions of the main characters. Depending on your view of the letter, either Verity is the most tragic figure, or she's a surreally psychotic and manipulative person she's entirely beyond redemption.

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