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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.
Andrea I thought it was a distraction, but I think the intention was to show the strong bond between the girls - although in my mind it backfired because in …moreI thought it was a distraction, but I think the intention was to show the strong bond between the girls - although in my mind it backfired because in the end none of the girls really knew each other or trusted each other. I think back on being a teenager and NO WAY could we have kept if we liked a boy from our girlfriends, so the entire premise is just a bit unbelievable to me.(less)
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The Secret Place
by Tana French (Goodreads Author)
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