Rose asked this question about The Turn of the Key:
What was the point of Jack turning out to be married? It didn't seem to affect the story in any way and to me, seemed like a pointless sentence in the book.
Brandi I think Ware added that fact at the end to encourage the reader to believe that Jack was behind the strange occurrences that were happening in the hou…moreI think Ware added that fact at the end to encourage the reader to believe that Jack was behind the strange occurrences that were happening in the house. Jack being married, to me, didn't really mean anything towards the story.....almost like an afterthought....like "by the way, Jack's married"(less)
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by Ruth Ware (Goodreads Author)
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