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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It started off strong but once Elna showed up, it was so unsatisfying. I loved the descriptions of the house and the childhood memories before Andrea kicked them out. The ending felt very lackluster to me.[/quote]

I agree about the very ending (epilogue?) about May as an adult, buying the house.  I didn't think they delved at ALL into May's childhood, interests, etc enough to suddenly be like "and then she became a famous movie actress".  It seemed lazy to me.  Like, how are we going to get this house to May?  She'll have to be rich.  Let's make her an overnight success movie star.  Even though we never made it seem like she was going to be an actress."  I'd have preferred Norah closing the circle and giving the house to May as a gift.  Norah was presumably well off as an oncologist who had a fully paid for education (from the trust), and didn't even live on the east coast anymore. And Norah knew how Maeve and Danny were disinherited unfairly, which led to Norah and Bright inheriting everything unfairly.  She should have given the house to May and floated away back to the west coast.  That would have been in line with Norah's character (who is described on more than one occasion of being overcome with guilt on taking Maeve's things). [/quote]

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