The Wasp Factory

[Deborah]

(view spoiler)[It looks like everybody may have finished, so I can ask the question which has been bothering me. As Terry said, Mrs. Clamp obviously knew the truth, too; she was delivering Paul when Frank was mauled. Why didn't she do/say anything? (hide spoiler)]

[Addy]

Good question

[Terry]

Deborah wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

I agree, good question. (view spoiler)[ Finding out that she knew and went along with it made her an odd character. As crazy as Frank was, the father and Mrs. Clamp really seem to be the bad guys by the end. (hide spoiler)]

[Bethany]

Finally finished it.


(view spoiler)[ Honestly, I couldn't get on with Frank's reason for killing Paul. "Not that I bore him any personal ill-will; it was simply that I knew he couldn't stay." I can understand why he killed Blyth, but Frank said himself that he liked both Paul and Esmerelda and his justification of their murders are very weak in my opinion. I suppose Frank is of an unstable mind, so he reasoning should be too. I don't know, I just struggled to get on with it.

I also felt that the reason for killing the rabbits was explained way too far after the event. (hide spoiler)]

[Terry]

I think you're right Bethany. (view spoiler)[ I think ultimately Frank's mind was warped regardless of what had happened to him/her, and the reasons didn't seem to matter as to why he killed Paul and Esmeralda. Same thing with the rabbits - it was like he did it and then came up with a reason for it to fit afterwards. (hide spoiler)]