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Interesting deep dive into the forensics of a 30 year old mystery, and the grief that continues within a family. I felt that the misogyny was very prevalent in the 70s in this family and the author himself admitted to hitting his wife once and having an affair. This made it difficult to feel as sympathetic to the author as I might. I think the overall mystery was clouded by the narrator's confusion of how someone who seemed fine could suddenly commit suicide. As more evidence came through and as time and understanding came about, it became clear that this wasn't a whodunnit or a how-dunnit, but a why-dunnit. And there really isn't a good answer as to why she committed suicide or why the men in this story acted the way they did. It made me think, and still has me considering various facets.

I definitely didn't like the narrator and that made it hard to feel empathy for him.

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