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Tim
Posted: 04 Dec 2018, 20:43
by daydreaming reader
Tim spoke publicly about his involvement in the investigation before his death. However, if it wasn't for Paul's plan, Tim would never have been involved in any investigation. Thus, do you think Paul felt some degree of guilt in regards to Tim's death?
Re: Tim
Posted: 05 Dec 2018, 10:33
by leanne_brown17
We didn't see a lot of Paul's guilt after Tim died, but he probably did feel some. Due to the fact that Tim had also been interested in dating Rachelle, and that Paul was a bit of a coward when it came to her, perhaps one could stretch it to assume that Paul was conflicted about how he felt regarding Tim's death. On the one hand, a friend and valued community member was gone, and on the other, so was Paul's most forefront romantic competitor.
Re: Tim
Posted: 05 Dec 2018, 12:20
by Anon_Reviewer
leanne_brown17 wrote: ↑05 Dec 2018, 10:33
We didn't see a lot of Paul's guilt after Tim died, but he probably did feel some. Due to the fact that Tim had also been interested in dating Rachelle, and that Paul was a bit of a coward when it came to her, perhaps one could stretch it to assume that Paul was conflicted about how he felt regarding Tim's death. On the one hand, a friend and valued community member was gone, and on the other, so was Paul's most forefront romantic competitor.
I'm with you on this one. I feel like his determination to find the killer only came as part of doing his job.
Re: Tim
Posted: 05 Dec 2018, 16:36
by Bianka Walter
I'm actually quite glad that we didn't see too much guilt over Tim's death. Paul was a bit of a wet anyway, and then to laden him with guilt would have made him seem too pathetic.
Re: Tim
Posted: 11 Dec 2018, 03:34
by Ayat paarsa
I have not read the full book yet, but I can guess from the reviews that he was a bit confused about his feelings on the death of Tim.
Re: Tim
Posted: 11 Dec 2018, 23:00
by chelhack
Yes, I believe that Paul or anyone else would feel guilty to some degree. Tim was one of the people that Paul reached out to because he was among those that Paul trusted. I mean if I were in Paul's shoes I would feel bad for bringing him in on anything that he was not at all already apart of which in turn ended up costing him his life.
Re: Tim
Posted: 12 Dec 2018, 12:21
by lesler
It's Paul's faul that Tim got into the situation, but absolutely not his fault he talked and got into a fatal situation as a result. We are solely responsible for our words and actions.
Re: Tim
Posted: 15 Dec 2018, 13:47
by Connie Otwani
The fact that Paul felt solely responsible for bringing Rachelle into plan could be a pointer that he may have felt some guilt over Tim's death. However, Tim's role in the plan was to keep his eyes and ears open. Paul even reminded him. No harm would have befallen him, had he stuck to the plan.
Re: Tim
Posted: 16 Dec 2018, 01:31
by holsam_87
Tim was foolish to talk about his involvement. However, I felt that Paul had a much closer bond with Allan.
Re: Tim
Posted: 19 Dec 2018, 11:38
by K Geisinger
Paul agonized over his guilt bringing Rachelle and Allen into the scheme, but Tim seemed to be a plot mover. Paul feels guilt and remorse over everything else but conveniently doesn't on Tim. I think a reasonable person would feel some guilt, but the author doesn't show this.
Re: Tim
Posted: 20 Dec 2018, 21:25
by Poppy Drear
It seems only natural that he'd feel some guilt, but at the end of the day, we can only really control our own actions. That line of logic is probably why it wasn't a major plot point in the book.
Re: Tim
Posted: 20 Dec 2018, 23:52
by Bavithra M
leanne_brown17 wrote: ↑05 Dec 2018, 10:33
We didn't see a lot of Paul's guilt after Tim died, but he probably did feel some. Due to the fact that Tim had also been interested in dating Rachelle, and that Paul was a bit of a coward when it came to her, perhaps one could stretch it to assume that Paul was conflicted about how he felt regarding Tim's death. On the one hand, a friend and valued community member was gone, and on the other, so was Paul's most forefront romantic competitor.
I agree with your point.
Re: Tim
Posted: 23 Dec 2018, 23:36
by Slater Barness
I don't think so, Tim's death occurred in the course of his execution of his duties. It could have happened to anybody.
Re: Tim
Posted: 27 Dec 2018, 23:56
by Highly Favoured One
Of course he would feel a little guild based on the involvement before Tim's death, but then he wasn't directly involved in his death. In the story the guilt is not apparent if it does exist, so probably he just reasoned it away. Even though they were both after the same girl, it doesn't directly have to implicate him in the murder. These were just two independent facts in the case.
Re: Tim
Posted: 28 Dec 2018, 19:50
by kdstrack
Paul worked as a detective. He had to know things like this would happen in his line of work. It would be natural for him to feel some guilt. As a professional, he couldn't let it consume him.