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End of the chapter about standing behind her husband, naked, holding a chicken leg "like a weapon," but what does it mean? That he didn't bother to look up from the TV at her in the mirror... he doesn't notice? She got away with it? Some sort of foreshadowing? He is a cop after all, which, I guess, is another blatant irony.

She is in control. She is aware she is in control. But she is creating a story within herself to justify it all. It is clear how innocent Jack is.

A little on the nose with the whole "pretty women can get away with it and nobody would suspect she's a fucking deviant maniac," but i get it.

These are insane thoughts. How did the author come about them? It's like one insane thing after another. Either she did some deep brainstorming or some good research... or had some personal thoughts of her own. It's so much.

This lady's crazy!

What the illegal smut is going on!!!

I do wonder: are these types of sexual hedonists this obsessive all the time? Are all of them that way? Is it from repression? Hebephilia in this case, right? Or is it just the narrative? We are only getting glimpses of the her thoughts during sexual obsession. Maybe she thinks other things? But maybe it really is an addiction or something. Chemical wiring.

I remember reading scarlet letter in AP language in 11th grade. What the hell are these 8th graders reading it for? And what's with the sex discussions in class? I don't know. It feels like it's just an expositional device. I can't not see the writing.

Man this is an uncomfortable book. Is that how the grooming really is? It seems so overt. Or is that because we know her perspective. Is jack not suspecting anything weird?

I don't know if we are supposed to be rooting for her with jack or something. Is that the point? It's like a weird villain hero thing? Trevor was just an obstacle. A plain and simple narrative device. Something to keep us occupied along this unfortunately lewd and lascivious journey.