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Diane Klajbor asked this question about The Secret Place:
What was the point of the supernatural aspect of the book? The girls being able to move things, the ghost sighting, it didn't seem to fit and didn't move the story along.
Kit Shum Having just a quick glance of some of the comments, I just want to offer my own two cents. Some of these mystical stuff, seemingly unexplained, or eve…moreHaving just a quick glance of some of the comments, I just want to offer my own two cents. Some of these mystical stuff, seemingly unexplained, or even detracting details, are (to me) essential to building the mood and atmosphere, a background where one can submerge oneself in her story telling. Just as some of you have pointed out, "The Likeness" had shown me something about a young adults' clique, "The Secret Place" had shown me one of adolescents, and Rob in "In The Woods" had his own childhood trauma to deal with.
These days, all people talk about is "closure", a mystery needs to be solved, a criminal needs to be punished, a wrong needs to be righted. The reason why Greek tragedies, or Shakespearean ones, are so memorable and poignant, is none of them had "pet" endings. Humans are complicated beings, and in reality defy neat categorization.
So, let Tana French's "ramblings" tease you, tantalize you. I, for one, can only wish that she would continue to write, and never stop.(less)
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