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Themes

I don't think this novel deals with LGBT themes : it's more like horror than love. I think the main theme is the three sisters' refusal to move with the times, and the effect on their perceptions and feelings ; the imposition of the widowed sister's personality on the other two sisters ; the suffocating atmosphere of their lives ; and, Verity's being untouched by it, and redeeming Michael Rafiel, for whom, despite his father's money, nobody cared except Verity. Intensity of smothering care doesn't imply LGBT themes. Even Michael Rafiel falls for the crushing life when he accepts his father's money and lives in the house : I suppose it was better than going to prison for a crime he did not commit. I am also appalled by Jason Rafiel's abandonment of his son by hiding behind a will, and his use of Miss Marple, also childless and remarkably unsentimental, to discover Michael's fate. I'm sure Christie was glad to finish this darker than dark horrible story. Unless it shows the real Christie? Halteres (talk) 18:32, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]