Janet’s Comments (group member since May 29, 2020)

Janet’s comments from the HDL Books on Tap group.

I think the event her personality turns on is her belief that she betrayed Lili. Her self-blame is paralyzing—especially when she can’t redeem it in the prison.

On the other end, her recovery begins when she realizes she wasn’t responsible.

Self-serving opportunist. He deserved his fate.

I found the last meeting quite satisfying. It was therapeutic for me to read about a monstrous person having to pay for his abuses. It doesn’t always happen in reality, but I liked imagining it could happen.

I think Rene is really only concerned about himself. I can imagine he was haunted by his experience with Eve because it challenged his idea of himself. So maybe he thought of her, but I would expect in a bad way.

Lyn—If you had to pick one book relevant to race, what would you choose? There are so many.