Eric
This was only 225 pages and the chapters were all only 4 to 5 pages long, so it went quickly. The digestible nature of the chapters made the pace much quicker than most books and added to the overall urgency of the story. It was a flourish of activity, mostly related to the title ... but at its core, I thought it was about jealousy, the burden we place on the oldest child, and the societal/spillover effects of psychopathy if it is left unchallenged.
This was only 225 pages and the chapters were all only 4 to 5 pages long, so it went quickly. The digestible nature of the chapters made the pace much quicker than most books and added to the overall urgency of the story. It was a flourish of activity, mostly related to the title ... but at its core, I thought it was about jealousy, the burden we place on the oldest child, and the societal/spillover effects of psychopathy if it is left unchallenged.