the description of sophie mol's dead body was incredibly vivid. the thing that interests me the most though, is that it was never actually mentioned how she died, just hinted at. i liked the cloudiness of the description combined with the vividness of what was revealed about her mangled body. i think what happened to me was a sort of time travel into the future where i just saw myself as a mother finding her dead baby girl's body. i can't even begin to imagine how that must feel. nobody could ever recreate that horror, but i think Roy did a pretty spectacular job of it. not really describing the way Margaret felt, but more describing the scene. i think that perspective made her feeling stronger and more convincing. the other thing that i realized made it stronger was the fact that you kind of got to know Sophie a little and it sort of made you forget about her death. it was strange that when you first heard about her, it was about her funeral and death, not about her life, i think the reversal of the norm of life then death made it even more hard to beleive let alone accept. just something to think about. what are your thoughts?