I liked Sam. She was morally dubious but I sympathized with her I guess, I found her among the more likable adults anyway. I felt bad she couldn't go to the not-One Direction concert, lmao. I also had a more vivid mental image of her than almost anyone. Also I think of the middleclassers she's the one who might actually have learnt something, since she wanted to join the Council and protect Bellchapel.
I paid very little attention to Mary Fairbrother tbh, and in the end I don't really hold anything against her because she is a widow and she is grieving and, y'know, whatevs.
Yeah I think I really liked her. She was such a complex, believable character. And I liked how she would invite people over just to troll them (lol puck you Gavin). And oh my god when she didn't get to go to the concert I felt like I had been punched in the gut. I also liked the part when she was honest about her daughter sounding like Shirley. Fucking Shirley.
Yeah that's true. And like, I respect her grief but I kind of side-eyed her negativity towards a teenage girl but....I get it.
LOL her trolling Gavin and Shirley was gr8. Yeah I thought Sam was interesting and I felt bad for her and her situation. HER IN-LAWS WERE SO EFFING ANNOYING OMG. Poor Sam not getting to see One Direction, lol.
I spent the whole book wondering when/if she was going to introduce a gay character, so I wish we'd gotten to see Pat earlier. However I appreciated the role she did kind of play, emphasizing even more the really ignorant, narrow-minded attitudes of her family/Pagford in general, and how she was obviously like "FUCK THIS NOISE".
Shirley must be the worst mother in law ever. But really the Mollison family dynamics are so interesting. I knew Pat was going to be good when she was first mentioned so YES I AM GLAD I WAS NOT WRONG. Ugh "Patricia and Guest" fuck you Shirley.
Whatever tumblr can bitch. JKR is a boss at writing complex, ambiguous characters.
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I paid very little attention to Mary Fairbrother tbh, and in the end I don't really hold anything against her because she is a widow and she is grieving and, y'know, whatevs.
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Yeah that's true. And like, I respect her grief but I kind of side-eyed her negativity towards a teenage girl but....I get it.
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I spent the whole book wondering when/if she was going to introduce a gay character, so I wish we'd gotten to see Pat earlier. However I appreciated the role she did kind of play, emphasizing even more the really ignorant, narrow-minded attitudes of her family/Pagford in general, and how she was obviously like "FUCK THIS NOISE".
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Team Maureen.
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