Submitted by Paleomedicine t3_zkqon1 in books
Spoilers for those who haven’t read the book, I will be referencing the ending.
I just watched the movie for this book and I thought it was overall an okay adaptation and the scenes for the most part seemed to hit the high notes of the book.
That being said, I still have the same issue with the ending of the book as the movie.
I don’t believe the book should’ve ended with a definitive verdict that Kya killed Chase. I understand it was set up and that’s it’s seen as a part of nature in the marsh and that she was smart about how she planned it out. But that being said, it should’ve ended after the courtroom where the lawyer gave his monologue about “the Marsh Girl.” They could’ve still had the “not guilty” verdict but I wanted it to be ambiguous. That way you could have people try to figure out their own interpretation of the ending. Does the marsh girl of these tall tales exist who would be capable of killing one of the town’s respected members? Or was she misjudged her whole life and abandoned and set up by a town that’s had no love for her?
I don’t know, I just feel like it would be more impactful if we didn’t know that she truly killed her and it was up to the audience/ jury to decide.
team_lambda t1_j012gec wrote
But, she didn’t kill him according to the verdict, if I remember correctly?!