I'm honestly surprised I haven't finished this book yet, since I'm super into it. It's pretty long, though. I only have about 100 pages left, So hopefully I can finish it soon. I really want to read Simon VS. the Homo Sapiens agenda before the movie comes out.
Anyways, a lot of adult tuff has been coming up, by which I mean a lot of characters are talking about sex. I'm cool with it, but it's not what I was expecting out of a murder mystery centered on the moms of kindergarteners...
Also, Madeline's daughter is absolutely insane and tried to sell her virginity to stop sex trafficing, which is a nice cause and all but not super well thought-out. But then this guy messaged her and said he'd donate if she took down the website, just when her parents had found out and she had been too stubborn to listen to them. Madeline is skeptical, and so am I.
My guess is someone in the neighborhood found out and made up the email to stop her. It would probably be Celeste's husband, Perry, who is, besides abusive, filthy rich, and would be perfectly capable of donating to the cause. Or maybe Celeste herself, who Madeline told about the ordeal and has used Perry's money without him noticing in the past. The other possibility is that Abigail (Madeline's daughter) set everything up so that she could pretend to want to go through with it and have this guy ready to conveniently call it off. That seems less likely, though, since Abigail seemed to genuinely start regretting the website.
Meanwhile, Jane revealed that the father of her kid is Celeste's husband's cousin, and he physically and verbally abused her when they were... making Ziggy. And now she's finally gotten over the trauma and has been checking out the hot barista who she thought was gay but is actually straight and maybe into her? Pretty random, but I ship it, I guess.
Celeste is being a strong woman and seeing a therapist, and she rented an apartment in case she needs to leave, but it's pretty obvious she's not ready to leave, except apparently she told him she was leaving? But now they're going to the trivia night, which is when someone's gonna die, so maybe not? She'll probably be the one to die, since she's been hinting at it (if you can call directly stating it hinting) that Perry is going to kill her with his abuse sooner or later, and she just told him she was leaving him, and everyone is super drunk at the party. Also, someone in the transcript part said a little boy put a note on the casket, which rules out Renata. It could be Jane or Madeline, but Madeline is usually interacting with one of her gitls, not her boy Fred. Maybe Ziggy, though.
And as if Celeste's life didn't suck enough, Max is the one who was bullying Amabella. Did I tell you about that? Well, everyone thought Ziggy was hurting a girl in his class, but actually they're friends and no one knows because she didn't want Max, one of Celeste's twins, to hurt her more. It seems like everyone in Perry's family is violent, since he abuses his wife, his cousin abused Jane, and his son abused one of his classmates. And all of it sucks. I'll most likely finish the book over the break, so I'll update you then on what happens and who dies.
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