Week 22- Still reading way too many books at once

Like I said, I finished Big Little Lies over the break. I had no idea that Perry would die—I was convinced it would be one of the main three moms. I also had no idea Perry was Ziggy's dad. That hit me like a train, no joke. It was just another layer to how awful a person he was. And the thing is that the ending of the book made it pretty obvious that the point of the book was that Perry was a sucky person and he ruined everyone's lives through his violent tendencies. Clearly the domestic violence was a main plot point, but I didn't think that would be what tied everything together. And I definitely didn't think Perry had cheated on Celeste. Considering how upset Celeste described him as being after hitting her, I didn't even consider that option, like maybe his conscience would be hurt by that too, but he clearly didn't care about Jane. Even if he didn't, though, he should still have recognized cheating as cheating.
The thing that I didn't buy was that Bonnie not being put in prison. I thought killing someone was an immediate sentence, but she somehow got community service? I get that it was unintentional, and there were a bunch of factors listed like the weather and the fact that they were all drunk, but intoxicated manslaughter, even involuntary intoxicated manslaughter, is definitely something she should have gotten a harsher sentence.
I was right about Celeste being the donator to stop Madeline's kid, so I'm happy about that deduction.
This week I started reading The Diabolic by author. I picked it mainly because Annie said it was good, but I don't know if I like it yet. It's interesting for sure, but really weird. Basically, it's told from the point of view of Nemesis, a Diabolic, or someone genetically engineered to be a killing machine in order to protect someone. The problem is that a) all Diabolics were outlawed and were supposed to have been killed by their owners, and b) the father of the princess she's guarding made a booboo with the emperor. Oh, by the way, besides having assassins from birth, this is set in space so far in the future that it's the future of the future, after humans went into space and had settled there for a while before some stuff went wrong. So there's futuristic tech, but it's all falling apart. It kind of reminds me of another book series I've been reading on and off, where creativity is considered illegal, so no one can build new tech or repair it. Anyways, Sidonia, the girl Nemesis is protecting, is called to see the emperor, but since she could be killed as a punishment for her father, Nemesis goes instead. So she's both posing as someone and is still alive despite being a Diabolic. She doesn't care about being found out because she doesn't think she has a soul, but Sidonia says she'll kill herself if Nemesis dies. Seems like a bit much, if you ask me. I know they've grown up together and been best friends, but suicide is not the solution. It's called healthy grieving. The point is, all Nemesis cares about is Sidonia's safety, so if she dies, and Sidonia dies, she would be upset, only she would be dead, so maybe Sidonia wouldn't go through with it and she wouldn't know because she's dead, so what's the point? Basically it all goes in a circle and there's no point.
I do find the concept of religion in this book fascinating. It's an idea I've personally considered for more space-y, futuristic settings; essentially, people worship the universe and the starts instead of a “god”. The thing that sucks is that anyone who doesn't believe is pretty much dead.
One prediction I have, because I always have a prediction, is that Diabolics aren't as non-human as Nemesis is trying to make you think. She insists that Diabolics look almost exactly like humans but aren't, that they're something wild and different, but I'm pretty sure they're just normal people with some athletic enhancements (which has been proven to be possible through beauty bots already) and abuse since birth. She only ever describes being in a cage, being treated like an animal, but that doesn't mean she isn't human, it just means people treated her like she wasn't and made her and everyone else believe she wasn't. If I get bored I'll drop it, but I also picked up Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and I need to start it soon if I want to see the movie, so we'll see what happens.
Bye!