I feel the author missed his chance to explore the subject of incest from the child's perspective.While casting most of the blame on the child; it never explains the WHY. I feel the novel was exploitive and needn't have been; since the subject itself always is. There was a lack of clarity in regard to the child's motivation in manipulating the people closest to her in such a perverse way. The book left alot of unanswered questions and I had an overall feeling of sadness after reading it. The child was again victimized; only this time by the author.