- Why did he tell Diomedes and Stephanie that it was a murder and not a suicide? The case would have been closed, and nobody would have doubted him. Why did he lay a trap for himself?
- Why did Theo inject Alicia if he wasn’t responsible for Gabriel’s murder? He wouldn’t face arrest for a crime he didn’t commit.
- Why did he not just kill Alicia but chose to send her into a coma?
- If Theo had not injected Alicia, he would not have been arrested, right? As he did not kill anyone, is it true that he did all of that just to get arrested? Because he was feeling guilty for what he had done to her?
- Why did Alicia lie about who murdered Gabriel when she was narrating the story to Theo? I assume she already knew that the stalker man was Theo, that’s why she tried to hurt him during the initial therapy session.
- Also I don’t get why she remained silent for so many years. I know she related herself to the play characters but then why did she choose to speak after so many years? What was the reason behind her deciding to speak?
Halfway through I could not figure out that there were multiple timelines to the story—the cheating wife part and where Alicia was in therapy. But it’s okay, I’ll leave that for now as I cannot even figure out what doubt exactly I want to ask lol, tbh it’s too much.
Also a few things were left hanging, like when Jean-Felix said to Alicia ‘Do not trust people easily.’ and the house-property papers Theo talked about with Max. Why was Tanya afraid of Max? Why did she mention Paul?
One of the least satisfying books I’ve ever read. Truly senseless. As mysteries go, the reader has 0% of predicting the resolution based on the text (you could, of course, randomly guess the ending). I will never recommend that book and have only ever suggested against it.
In a similar style, Glass Onion provides 0 opportunity for the viewer to intervene in the story. You get to be a passive viewer/reader, the last thing you want in a mystery. It’s lazy storytelling marketed really well in both cases
Do you have any favorites you could suggest?
Without knowing your interests and going off recent reads:
Autobiographical: Shoe Dog (phil knight) or The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (b franks)
Fantasy?: The Song of Achilles or The Children of Hurin (part of the tolkien middle earth legendarium)
Personal Improvement: Atomic Habits
Historical Drama? The Things They Carried or your choice of a David McCollough book
Adventure: Endurance, Shackletons Incredible Voyage
Societal: Guns, Germs, & Steel or Sapiens (sapiens a more digestible option tbh)
To pick only 3, of which I enjoyed all: shoe dog, the things they carried, song of achilles
If you end up on any of em lmk, I’d be happy to hear your thoughts
Thanks for the recommendations! :)