Chloe Cates Is Missing
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The Last Chapter -- Chloe Cates Is Missing
Melody
Mar 29, 2022 02:14PM
I was really suprised to see no one is discussing the last chapter...and the last page...and what it means. (What does it mean?!?)
1. Will Emilina turn Abby and herself in? Or will she let Jenn continue to take the fall? It seems like that last look was meant to hold meaning, but I can't discern what it was supposed to be.
2. The "What If?" game makes it pretty clear that Abby was present when Missy was killed, but the wording remained vauge enough that it's not entirely clear if Abby was the one who killed her, or if it was her mother after all.
3. How much involvement did Jenn have, then? Did she help dispose of the body? Or was it all Abby?
4. Why did JJ lie about not knowing Missy, when she'd been coming over to their house for weeks? The characters seemed to lie about a lot of things for no apparent reason.
SO MANY QUESTIONS!
1. Will Emilina turn Abby and herself in? Or will she let Jenn continue to take the fall? It seems like that last look was meant to hold meaning, but I can't discern what it was supposed to be.
2. The "What If?" game makes it pretty clear that Abby was present when Missy was killed, but the wording remained vauge enough that it's not entirely clear if Abby was the one who killed her, or if it was her mother after all.
3. How much involvement did Jenn have, then? Did she help dispose of the body? Or was it all Abby?
4. Why did JJ lie about not knowing Missy, when she'd been coming over to their house for weeks? The characters seemed to lie about a lot of things for no apparent reason.
SO MANY QUESTIONS!
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Great questions! My daughter read this first so I asked her your question #1 to get her thoughts. She thinks Emilina let Abby go. I think Emilina is turning in Abby and herself. Your 3 other questions are interesting, I'm conflicted about the ending so I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5. It really was good though.
1. Solid question and it's left open-ended. My thoughts are are that Emilina thinks that Jen is getting long delayed punishment from the appropriate source. The alternative would be for Jen to turn in her own daughter and be a "bad mother". I imagine she's in jail plotting selling her life story to the highest bidder to paint her in a protective mama bear light during trial. Oddly fitting that Jen will be a captive of the state in jail for a long time while she kept Abby in that state for most of her life for her own gain.
2. I thought talking about Abby's clothes vs Jen's clothes from that night made that relatively clear
3. It's pointed out earlier that a 13 year old could not have dragged a body out to the forest and up a tree house alone. As with Jen's past crime, it was definitely a two person kob, especially because we know there wasn't any forensic evidence left behind aside from a bit of blood and hair on the fence.
4. A good question. I assumed he knows more than he lets on, and that's also why he's avoiding Abby at the end. He knew they were working with her, he saw her as missing for ages on TV, he knows when the detective asks him if he's ever seen her. He knows and he's not saying anything to protect his sister.
2. I thought talking about Abby's clothes vs Jen's clothes from that night made that relatively clear
3. It's pointed out earlier that a 13 year old could not have dragged a body out to the forest and up a tree house alone. As with Jen's past crime, it was definitely a two person kob, especially because we know there wasn't any forensic evidence left behind aside from a bit of blood and hair on the fence.
4. A good question. I assumed he knows more than he lets on, and that's also why he's avoiding Abby at the end. He knew they were working with her, he saw her as missing for ages on TV, he knows when the detective asks him if he's ever seen her. He knows and he's not saying anything to protect his sister.
1. I believe Emilina is going to tell the truth about Nicole's murder, because it has haunted her throughout the book and for the past 20 years. She wants to be free of the past and is finally ready to face whatever that brings.
2. I think the "What If" game made it clear that Abby was the killer. There are many parallels between the two murders - the age of the murderer, the method, the motive (being called weird and made fun of) and hiding the body by hoisting it up somewhere high. Abby has become a younger version of her mother. (And Emilina in part allowed it to happen by not confessing all these years.)
3. JJ might have helped his sister hide the body (not sure, but it kind of makes sense).
He did seem shocked to see the body in the tree house, but it might have been the sight of the decomposing body that shocked him, not the belief that it was Abby. Or it could have been either of her parents.
4. I think his parents told him he had to lie. They were controlling him as well as his sister.
2. I think the "What If" game made it clear that Abby was the killer. There are many parallels between the two murders - the age of the murderer, the method, the motive (being called weird and made fun of) and hiding the body by hoisting it up somewhere high. Abby has become a younger version of her mother. (And Emilina in part allowed it to happen by not confessing all these years.)
3. JJ might have helped his sister hide the body (not sure, but it kind of makes sense).
He did seem shocked to see the body in the tree house, but it might have been the sight of the decomposing body that shocked him, not the belief that it was Abby. Or it could have been either of her parents.
4. I think his parents told him he had to lie. They were controlling him as well as his sister.
i was praying someone was asking this bc i was wondering if abby was acc in the wrong. omg and also abt her getting butterflies when emme said bye??
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