Hate List Jennifer Brown Analysis

According to Katy Winter from Daily Mail, 25% of married couples stay together after an affair (Winter). The other 75% usually split up and but some of them manage to stay together until their kids grow up and move out. Most of these couples only stay together for their kids: they don’t want their kids growing up missing a parent. In the novel Hate List by Jennifer Brown the parents of the main character Val split up, because to her father had an affair with his secretary. The author, Jennifer Brown did a good job making a complex situation realistic and she didn’t leave any loose ends behind.
When authors get close to the end of their book they have to start wrapping up all the conflicts in the story. Sometimes authors are in such a hurry to finish the story that they sometimes
This is especially frustrating for the readers because they’re left wanting more. When dealing with the divorce of Val’s parents Jennifer Brown did not leave any loose ends behind. In the story Val’s mother seems to be the one who is most affected by the divorce,”I told her everything. Your mother… She didn’t take it very well, of course. She’s very angry. She’s asked me to leave”(Brown,293). As we can see from this quote Val’s mother is very upset when she discovers her husband has been cheating on her. As stated in the previous paragraph Val’s mother eventually moved on and she got herself a new boyfriend. This is important to the story because if Jennifer Brown did not talk about what had happened to Val’s mom it would have left a loose end. The readers would have wondered how Val’s mom felt and whether or not she was satisfied with her decision to leave her husband. Jennifer Brown truly did an amazing job with her book. One could say that loose ends are like an untied ribbon unless unless wrapped up. So in a sense Jennifer Brown wrapped up her story in a pretty little bow and gave it to her