I think Jordan probably did in some sense, because he seemed to prey on Micah's mind in a way that suggested something real. Though I'd buy the split-off male image of herself as well. I do find it pretty implausible that her parents could/would cover up the fact that she killed her brother... unless Jordan doesn't exist, but is the child Micah thinks they wished they had instead of her, so she "killed" that child and then felt guilty about it.
I think what I found especially frustrating was that the explanation which seemed most plausible within the book itself was that Micah is a homicidal maniac who killed her brother and Zach by material means... but I don't find that a very interesting explanation, and also that would make her the only black teenage girl who kills semi-randomly with a knife ever.
I like the mental illness (without actual homicide) theory better.
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Date: 2010-02-12 08:05 pm (UTC)I think what I found especially frustrating was that the explanation which seemed most plausible within the book itself was that Micah is a homicidal maniac who killed her brother and Zach by material means... but I don't find that a very interesting explanation, and also that would make her the only black teenage girl who kills semi-randomly with a knife ever.
I like the mental illness (without actual homicide) theory better.