Question 4. What parts distract from the work's overall effectiveness? Why?
Throughout the book, the story flashes between Burnham and Holmes, the main characters. However, during Holmes' part, it branches off from his point of view and instead reveals the lives of the women he is around and how he manipulates them. While these passages are important to the development of Holmes' role, overall they are distracting to the story. I will admit that the passages are interesting as it gives the readers a chance to explore the mind of Holmes' victims and see how he was able to manipulate them. However, it doesn't really have an effect on the novel. The passages mainly talk about their life and how they met Holmes and began a relationship with him.
Personally, the stories on the girls are very annoying. I would prefer to have the story told with Holmes' view and not other people involved with him. The first few chapters gave me insight on Burnham, but not a whole lot on Holmes. Most of his parts in the story have nothing to do with him and focus on other people. Obviously, the ending will reveal why he's killing so many young women, but the mystery and suspense is great. While the passages with him are full of suspense, they only last for a short time and then it switches back to the women's view, and their passages have no effect on the story at all.
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