Ann was a big fan of the book...until the end, which she was really disappointed in and she was not alone. We did find it curious that the book ends with its focus on a different character than any of the characters which were in the forefront of the novel to that point.
We talked about the violence in the book including Landreaux's shooting of Dusty, Maggie's attacks on boys who were trying to molest her and LaRose's attempt to get revenge on those boys, and Peter's attempt to kill Landreaux. We talked about the weight the children carried - LaRose having to go back and forth between homes, Maggie and LaRose who have to try to keep Nola from committing suicide, Romeo's son who is raised by Landreaux and his wife because his father is unable to raise him.
Interwoven into the current story are the stories of the LaRoses before this boy but we felt that, despite much being made of the importance of these prior LaRoses, only one of them really got any attention. And there didn't seem to be a connection between this LaRose and those.
Despite some reservations about parts of the book, we still had a really good discussion about this book, which is actually the third book in a trilogy but can be read independently.
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