Do you think Mrs. Reilly is a sympathetic character? Is the she a good mother in spite of her flaws?
>>24956957she's a psychopathic narcissist floozy what good mother would threaten her growing boy with institutionalization just so she can run off to senior sex clubs
>>24956957No one in the novel is a good person. It's like the show Arrested Development.
>>24958172>No one in the novel is a good person.What about the policeman?
>>24958176machiavellian
>>24958172What about the stripper and the black guy?
>>24956957This novel sucks
>>24958237Found it too relatable?
>>24958300It's a contrived burlesque. It's not particularly deep and the gimmick wears off quickly.
>>24958176wasnt he trying to bang the mom or was that someone else
>>24956957His mother never showed him actual love. Ignatius lost his happiness when his dog died.
>>24958304How reductionist of you
