Book Club for Introverts discussion

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Elif- frightening but funny. I picture a malevolent Shrek-like creature. Theo is good—i think he must really be a great psychotherapist. He got her to keep taking to him without trying to harm him.
Things are getting curiouser and curiouser. Max tells Theo that he hated Alicia, said she was crazy and tried to kill herself previously. Why isn’t that info in her file? I think he’s lying to throw off the scent especially knowing that Gabriel’s estate went to him. What’s up with Tanya? Alicia’s diary tells a different story. It sounds like she’s afraid of Max and thus documented his advances for evidence. Where is this diary now??? She says Max hates Gabriel which I can understand- Gabriel Is handsome and charming and talented and the natural child of their parents. He has a beautiful wife. Max is and has none of those things. Is it that simple? Not likely. What made Gabriel change his mind about having a baby? It seems everyone is hung up on stuff that happened to them in their childhood. I think Theo lied to Diomedes—no way he leaves it alone.

Max creeped me out right from the start, and it's evident that he'll play a major role in this whole mess. Can it be as obvious as it seems right now -- that he framed Alicia? Surely not. There was an excerpt from Alicia's diary that struck me -- after the incident with Max in which he professes his love to Alicia, Alicia writes...."So, for the moment, I'm going to remain silent." Quite the foreshadowing, I should think!

Krystal wrote: "Max creeped me out right from the start, and it's evident that he'll play a major role in this whole mess. Can it be as obvious as it seems right now -- that he framed Alicia? Surely not. There was..."

Max definitely has a creepy vibe. I disliked him from the beginning. His "secretary" knows something and I wonder why she's with him.

The inclusion of Alicia's diary was smart. We still are able to hear from her even when she's silent. Good catch with the foreshadowing!

Max is no good. Maybe he killed his brother for the money. I just don’t think Alicia did it. I think she saw something that traumatized her. If she was unstable to begin with, it would be easy to frame her.