Was the love triangle necessary?
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Re: Was the love triangle necessary?
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I don't know if you agree, but it seems like the author made a place for this in the story, but strangely skipped it. Between when Bryce and Zia have a bad first date and the following chapter, Zia has suddenly gone through a major character arc. It seems like the author planned to have all of Bryce explained, then changed the kind of story they wanted to write and skipped a ton of vital character development.Katie Canedy wrote: ↑10 Aug 2021, 13:08I agree with that assessment. As a reader, I was wondering where Bryce was many times. He was seemingly thrown in at the end of the book, which made no sense because I didn't think their connection was that strong. I had hoped that this would have been explained more clearly to us readers.6eyed wrote: ↑10 Aug 2021, 09:29The reasoning the author gives is because he believed his grandmother's reasoning that true love would come to him, and he wanted to see if Zia was the right one. He wanted her to confess and have his belief that Zia was "the one" to be proven. Though it sort of makes sense when he explains it to Zia, it does make him seem incredibly naive. It doesn't help that the author waits on revealing his backstory until the second half of the book.Katie Canedy wrote: ↑08 Aug 2021, 16:20 Some of Bryce's character traits are believable, but I have to agree that his quick forgiveness and failure to call Zia out on her mistakes were both stale choices. While Bryce did not know the specifics of Zia's sexual encounters with Bax, he knew that something was going on. He had plenty of time to confront her about her affair. Zia kept consistently having sexual encounters with Baxter but did not put an end to it until the very end when it was seemingly forced to end. I cannot think of a man in real life that would still marry a woman who consistently cheated on him like this.
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Hi! I agree that it was unusual for Bryce to forgive so easily. I would be highly unlikely to forgive my significant other for cheating on me. Bryce is clearly a saint because of the way he handles the matter. I actually think it shows his maturity and his realization that maybe to keep his true love he is going to have to forgive her once. Perhaps he took pity on her given the situation she found herself in. If it was a "normal" affair, VS dealing with a murderer his opinion might have been different.Sohana Hasan wrote: ↑08 Aug 2021, 12:58In my opinion, a well-formed love triangle is always enjoyable. In this case, however, I would have to agree with you. The love triangle is not written very well, in my opinion, and didn't really give a personality to Bryce.valeriejane wrote: ↑07 Aug 2021, 13:58 I did not think Bryce was a believable character. How could he be so in love so quickly and then so ready to forgive. Then a billionaire on top of that. I think the book did not need the love triangle, I found it rather disturbing. what do you think?
What the book never made clear was how much Bryce knew about Jazz and Zia going into "investigating" Bax. My interpretation was he did not know they were going to look into the matter deeply enough for Zia to have that "adventure" on the island. I am almost certain he would not have approved of Zia putting herself in so much danger. I do not recall her giving Bryce enough information about anything regarding Bax crime/sex-related stuff. I hope the police were not able to find a copy of what Zia found on Bax's computer once they go through his stuff... an awkward and potentially legal issue. (It might also make Bryce actually angry at Zia to see what she did).
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Well I agree with you as far as Zia owning up to her sins and growing a character, but that could be addressed as having next day regrets for her uncontrollable urges toward Baxter. Being attracted to this dark side, and having doubts about it at the same time is more interesting.6eyed wrote: ↑08 Aug 2021, 13:06 I also felt like Bryce felt out of place in the story, and wondered if the story could have been more impactful if it focused solely on Zia's unfortunate encounter with a charming killer. I think the story would have been more engaging if Bryce was just a minor character, or at least one that is second to Zia and Baxter. However, I felt Zia owning up to her sins and growing as a character was an important part of her character arc, and that could not have happened without Bryce. It felt like the author had a normal romance plot in mind at first, and rushed to get Zia and Bryce together before developing them as characters, only to become much more invested in the thriller part of the story in the latter half. As a result, Bryce feels kind of half-baked, almost like the author wasn't quite sure what to do with him.
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