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Dale Rosenberg
I think this is one of many plot flaws in the book. There's also the question of why Emily hides her meetings with James. She doesn't have sex with him and it only becomes such an issue (or would, in a normal relationship), because she hides it. And if all James told Pammie about Emily was that he had feelings for her, how does she know that Emily met him at a bar and dressed up for it, so she can torture about that at the hen weekend? And how did we go from Pammie and James trying to tell her not to answer the door because Adam "found out about James" to Adam deciding that James wouldn't have tried to get Adam to stop fucking other women unless he was having an affair with Emily, which is completely bizarre. I think the author just couldn't come up with a way for him to have found out.
But the worst flaw is Pammie and her motivations. She seems to be so gleeful in the awful things she does to Emily. And they are so mean!
If she just wanted to break them up, she wouldn't have to be so cruel to Emily and then have Emily complain to Adam and Adam get mad at Emily for saying his mother is mean. She could directly influence Adam - she knows he's insanely jealous and controlling and she could convince him Emily is cheating on him, or even lie and say Emily told her she had cheated. She is convincingly evil from the beginning, just to make the plot twist a surprise. In the foreword Pammie says she "almost feels sympathy" for Emily knowing that she won't really get married. This is the establishing scene that lets us know Pammie is evil. Since she isn't really, she would feel sympathy for Emily while she's doing awful stuff to her.
I'm not sure how to rate this book. It's full of flaws, and it's so clear that Adam is really awful and hard to see how Emily can't see it. OTOH, I really liked Emily and her friends and was very interested to see how it would all pan out.
But the worst flaw is Pammie and her motivations. She seems to be so gleeful in the awful things she does to Emily. And they are so mean!
If she just wanted to break them up, she wouldn't have to be so cruel to Emily and then have Emily complain to Adam and Adam get mad at Emily for saying his mother is mean. She could directly influence Adam - she knows he's insanely jealous and controlling and she could convince him Emily is cheating on him, or even lie and say Emily told her she had cheated. She is convincingly evil from the beginning, just to make the plot twist a surprise. In the foreword Pammie says she "almost feels sympathy" for Emily knowing that she won't really get married. This is the establishing scene that lets us know Pammie is evil. Since she isn't really, she would feel sympathy for Emily while she's doing awful stuff to her.
I'm not sure how to rate this book. It's full of flaws, and it's so clear that Adam is really awful and hard to see how Emily can't see it. OTOH, I really liked Emily and her friends and was very interested to see how it would all pan out.
Stefanie MagMag
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Cathy Nicholson
I don’t have the answer but I wish that storyline was explored more. Was Adam actually abusive to his mother and the whole loving relationship was a sham as he blackmailed her? Don’t recall any hints at this throughout the book..
Molly
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Rori Rockman
Pammie was prompting Emily to look into things further. Placing that photo/caption in the photo album and then leaving it exposed while she walks away gave Emily an opportunity to see the photo and then ask questions. Then, leaving Emily in the house all alone and removing the photo gave Emily another opportunity to snoop around and try to find answers. She thought that the best way to get Emily away from Adam would be to lead her to discover the truth on her own.
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