tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545238102465268534.post8481644278239094519..comments2009-03-13T19:10:12.148-07:00Comments on Amy's American Detective Novels: THE VIRGIN OF SMALL PLAINS and "Child's Play"ajmakovechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09152473588323964717noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545238102465268534.post-12841536048552212072009-03-13T19:10:00.000-07:002009-03-13T19:10:00.000-07:00I read "Child's Play" earlier and also liked it. ...I read "Child's Play" earlier and also liked it. I didn't suspect the ending either. I kept expecting someone to say they had the wrong girl and find out they had raised someone else's daughter and that their daughter was the one that died. I don't know what the letter was about either and thought this could have been made into a novel or movie. I think that I was a little offended by the way the girls treated Verna because I have a "special" brother and saw how hurt he would be when people were mean to him because he wasn't as quick as them. I think Munro did a good job of showing how some kids treat those that are different from them.Marcia Shamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01114318024188258788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545238102465268534.post-25127388641661192032009-03-13T07:19:00.000-07:002009-03-13T07:19:00.000-07:00Hi Amy,I read CHILD'S PLAY earlier in the course a...Hi Amy,<BR/><BR/>I read CHILD'S PLAY earlier in the course and really enjoyed it as well. It was completely shocking to me at the end when I realized what the girls had done at the camp, and was really drawn in by the emotion of Munro's writing. I wanted to figure out why they hated Verna so much, although having been a pre-teen girl at one time, it sort of made sense. <BR/><BR/>I think both Charlene and Marlene suffered in different ways in remorse for what they'd done. In the end, the letter to the priest was likely a way to be absolved of her sins before she died, or to confess what she'd done.Cari's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944905026213908347noreply@blogger.com