What Is The Structure Of The Widow By Fiona Barton
The Widow by Fiona Barton One of the first things that I noticed about this novel is the structure, or way that each of the chapters are set up. Each chapter relates to the same mystery, but is narrated by a one of four characters in the book. The Widow, Jean Taylor, the detective Kate Waters, the officer…, and the victim Dawn Elliott. When I first started this novel, the structure was quite confusing because I wasn’t really familiar with the characters. I continued to mix up the victim, Dawn Elliott, with the Widow, Jean Taylor, because they both seem to be going through the same heartache, and feeling the same type of pain throughout the novel. Once I became familiar with the structure, I came to really enjoy how the book was set
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I almost don’t quite know how to feel about her. Towards the beginning of the novel, I felt a huge emotional connection to her. She seemed to be a very kind lady who was very emotionally disconnected over her husband’s death. It seemed like she had gotten to the point where she became so upset over her husband’s death, that she just started feeling nothing at all, in order to cope. I can only imagine the amount of heartache I would feel is I lost someone who has carried me through so much in life, such as my parents, or sister. I feel like I would almost react in the same way that Jean Taylor did. However, as the novel progressed, I started feeling like Jean Taylor never really lover her husband. She was with her husband when he got hit by the bus, however, when the accident happened she just stood there and explained how she was thankful to have him out of her life. I think that she resents him a lot because he never let her get what she wanted, and always made her feel like she was wrong, and didn’t have the right to have a life outside of him. He even went as far as telling her that she was never able to have a baby, due to his infertility, and convincing her that adoption was wrong, and how things were so much better with just the two of them. I think that after Glen conviction, she started flashing back to all the times that he made her unhappy. A very prominent time that made her unhappy was when she found out about his child pornography addiction. I feel this really stood out to her because that was a major aspect that was held against him in the court. He had told her that there was nothing wrong with his addiction. After she found about this small lie, I think that it sorts of set her off into uncovering every other thing that he had lied to her about, and every other aspect of their marriage that made her unhappy. Its also very strange though, because even though she was content with his death, and had
I almost don’t quite know how to feel about her. Towards the beginning of the novel, I felt a huge emotional connection to her. She seemed to be a very kind lady who was very emotionally disconnected over her husband’s death. It seemed like she had gotten to the point where she became so upset over her husband’s death, that she just started feeling nothing at all, in order to cope. I can only imagine the amount of heartache I would feel is I lost someone who has carried me through so much in life, such as my parents, or sister. I feel like I would almost react in the same way that Jean Taylor did. However, as the novel progressed, I started feeling like Jean Taylor never really lover her husband. She was with her husband when he got hit by the bus, however, when the accident happened she just stood there and explained how she was thankful to have him out of her life. I think that she resents him a lot because he never let her get what she wanted, and always made her feel like she was wrong, and didn’t have the right to have a life outside of him. He even went as far as telling her that she was never able to have a baby, due to his infertility, and convincing her that adoption was wrong, and how things were so much better with just the two of them. I think that after Glen conviction, she started flashing back to all the times that he made her unhappy. A very prominent time that made her unhappy was when she found out about his child pornography addiction. I feel this really stood out to her because that was a major aspect that was held against him in the court. He had told her that there was nothing wrong with his addiction. After she found about this small lie, I think that it sorts of set her off into uncovering every other thing that he had lied to her about, and every other aspect of their marriage that made her unhappy. Its also very strange though, because even though she was content with his death, and had