Reminds me of the Sparkle Project entry for this, where it was noted that the book would have been much more interesting if Nora had just been going insane, hallucinating everything. Sadly, Fitzpatrick has done nothing but go on about how sexy she thinks Patch is, and how she thinks he has so many great qualities, so...yeah.
Not only that, but if he killed Jules, Nora is the one who gets to face the police. Yeah, he was STRANGLING him. Her fingerprints would be all over his throat! Even if Nora convinced the police (who have proven to be rather disinclined to listen to her) that it was in self-defense, what's she going to say? Even if she avoids going to Juvie at all, she's still probably going to be whispered about by everyone as that crazy girl who killed a student. Add in her police call about the break-in, the fact that her house was set on fire while she was at home alone, and the suspicion that she brained Marcie, and I'd say Nora would have even fewer friends than she began with. And it would be all Patch's fault.
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Date: 2011-11-11 01:30 am (UTC)Not only that, but if he killed Jules, Nora is the one who gets to face the police. Yeah, he was STRANGLING him. Her fingerprints would be all over his throat! Even if Nora convinced the police (who have proven to be rather disinclined to listen to her) that it was in self-defense, what's she going to say? Even if she avoids going to Juvie at all, she's still probably going to be whispered about by everyone as that crazy girl who killed a student. Add in her police call about the break-in, the fact that her house was set on fire while she was at home alone, and the suspicion that she brained Marcie, and I'd say Nora would have even fewer friends than she began with. And it would be all Patch's fault.