Jill answers “Did anyone else notice when it said Duncan...”

Carys asked this question about The Guest List:

Did anyone else notice when it said Duncan and Pete found Hannah stuck in the mud but then a few pages later it said it was Duncan and Femi? Or how Pete was suddenly referred to as 'Peter Ramsey' later in the book? I kept thinking those were intentional but it seems to me like editing errors - how were those missed??

Jill YES and it made me crazy!! After finishing the book it is clear this was just an editing error (and, as you say, how could they not have caught that??…moreYES and it made me crazy!! After finishing the book it is clear this was just an editing error (and, as you say, how could they not have caught that??) but when I read it in the first half of the book I was sure it was a breadcrumb dropped by the author and I kept trying to fit it into the story -- maybe Pete isn't real and is actually a ghost??!! Maybe Femi is a ghost and/or a figment of Duncan's imagination??!! Maybe Duncan is intentionally lying and we are going to understand why later on??!! I kept trying to fit the inconsistency into the story that would make it make sense and this proved distracting enough that it really took away from the story for me. Very disappointing. (less)

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