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Eryn Boone: Why did April and Aiden's relationship develop the way it did? . Aiden is in love with her, and even though her feelings aren't completely reciprocated, she still cares for him very much.  Aiden was left all alone after Thad committed suicide, so why wouldn't April let Aiden join her when she left Jackson County?

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Anna - I am happy for April that she finally was able to leave. If Joy hadn't had April leave, her story wouldn't have really been concluded.

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I think some closure on what happened to the main characters would have been a better way to end it, but at the same time the ending we got leaves room for discussion.

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I think Thad is justified in taking his own life because that was his only real escape from his problems

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Anna - Connor, I also thought about that. It didn't make sense that no one else heard. Maybe the author chose to not discuss it.

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I think that he ended the book on a note that you could imagine many possibilities on what would happen even though we would know what happened. - Clay

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I believe if Thad would have gotten proper help, he would not have had to end his life and he could have stayed around with Aiden and had a much better life.

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Why is Aiden still hanging around when he could have left? Why didn't he just kill Sam like he was going to kill Leland and then leave?

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Is Thad justified in taking his own life?

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I agree Anna

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Maybe April was thinking that if Aiden  ended up getting more money from the dope at Wayne's house he would give some of it to her and she could get out of there earlier

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If April really loved Aiden, why did she not let him come with her? Is it because even though she cared for him, she knew he was prone to bring problems with him?

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Anna - Joy's gritty tone makes the novel much more realistic and authentic. Without using cuss words and graphic content, the story would not be as rich.

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How is the eventual downfall of Thad in the last few chapters related to the recent changes in relationship between him and Aiden?

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If Aiden was so afraid of being alone, from his PTSD, then how come Joy never inserted flashbacks from when Thad was in the military and he hadn't started talking to April yet?  These could've been place in the novel when Aiden was laying in the grass after he left that with Doug and Julie Dietz and Meredith.

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Noah Doering - Anna, I think he ends the book like that because he wants to leave the book where people pretty much know what's going to happen, but they can still use their imagination to make different assumptions and leave the end up to discussion. It's like ending a movie with a black screen and a gunshot.

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I think that April is the strongest character in the book. She transitions from this seemingly weak and mysterious woman to a brave character that has been through hell and back.

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Why did April and Aiden part ways?  They both wanted out and they both cared about one another, so why didn't they just go to Asheville together?

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Why did April want Aiden and Thad to go back to Wayne Bryce's house to get the dope, if she was just going to sell her house to get her own money and leave?

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I think it was important for Joy to leave the novel with a bittersweet ending. This allows a reality for the readers to understand in relation to the everyday struggles in Appalachia.

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Connor Gaffney - If a lot of people regularly go to the dope house, how was no one close enough to hear the gunshot and investigate? How did no one go to the dope house before Aiden and Thad went back to raid it?

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could the story have had a different ending that would have been a better one?

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Why didn't Aiden leave when Thad disappeared in the woods?

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Anna Cantrell - Why did Joy end the book with Aiden about to kill Samuel Mathis instead of actually killing him?

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Did April truly care about Aiden, or was she using him for her pleasure? because she ended up leaving him, even though she gave him money before she left.