What do you think of Lottie’s relationship with Archie? Did he do the right thing by putting a tracker on her phone? Was she correct to hide his parentage from him?
It was an interesting relationship that I couldn’t really understand. They seemed rather distant, but he did seem to care about his mom and her opinion of him. I don’t think it was right to put a tracker on her phone without her knowledge. That is a pretty condescending thing to do and I wouldn’t like it at all.
I put tracker on my phone when my daughter was a teen. She knew about it and in fact helped me set it up. LOL. I also gave her access to track me. The difference being she knew about it.
I dont think it is acceptable to have trackers on a phone unless the person knows about it. I can understand Archie was worried, but Lottie was able to live by herself and manage her own life so secret tracking is not right.
I didn’t like that Lottie hid is parentage, but I did understand it. I also believe in today’s world, these things can easily come out!
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I pretty much agree with Dee. My family and I are all able to see where we are. My daughters can see where all of their thousands of friends are. I don’t think a tracker is a big deal - except if done behind someone’s back - but also this didn’t feel realistic in the book because trackers among family are pretty common.
I think she should have been more realistic with him about who his father was and please, to close hope for Archie that is father might be out there and just choosing not to be in his life.
Archie violated Lottie’s privacy and rights. Nope! Not nice. They seemed to have an emotional distancing throughout, which likely was necessary. Archie didn’t suspect his mom’s involvement with murders. Lottie encircled herself with her deranged thinking and actions.
No, he shouldn’t have placed the tracker on Lottie without asking her first. But this is a story and that was important to the plot. Archie always seemed a bit distant; his concern for Lottie seemed slightly insincere.
It was selfish of Lottie to hide Archie’s parentage from him, but it would be a hard thing to tell him she bludgeoned his father in the shower! Lottie was not one who listened to reason. She was always in self-protection mode.
I was surprised at how “normal” Lottie’s relationship was with Archie. While I don’t agree with Archie’s tracking Lottie, I understood his concern for his mother given she was aging and living alone in what was described as a larger home. I have mixed feelings about Lottie not disclosing any information or identity of Archie’s father.