Malva ... Good or Evil?

[King's Crown]

I was so disappointed to hear that Malva had tried to kill her father and
Claire. Yet, at the end when her brother was explaining the whole sordid
tale it seemed that Malva truly had a good heart. So, then I was totally
confused about her. What do you think?

Lynne

[ALIDA SPRY]

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I was so disappointed to hear that Malva had tried to kill her father and
Claire. Yet, at the end when her brother was explaining the whole sordid
tale it seemed that Malva truly had a good heart. So, then I was totally
confused about her. What do you think?
Lynne

I don't think she was evil. Look at what she grew up dealing with and had
been going through leading up to her murder. No mother, her half brother
was forcing her to have sex with him and got her pregnant, her "father"
treated her like a slave because he knew she wasn't his real daughter but
the result of infidelity of his wife while he was in prison.

All of that certainly would mess up a child's sense of right and wrong. I
think she really loved Claire but just became desperate when she realized
she was pregnant and couldn't hide what had been happening to her.

Not that I wasn't upset when I found out about her lies and everything but
it did make more sense when her brother explained the situation.

Now I wonder if Claire will ever find anyone on whom to pass her vast
knowledge of medicine. It would seem such a waste for it to go unused. I
guess only time will tell.

Alida

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I was so disappointed to hear that Malva had tried to kill her father and
Claire. Yet, at the end when her brother was explaining the whole sordid
tale it seemed that Malva truly had a good heart. So, then I was totally
confused about her. What do you think?
Lynne

I don't think she was evil. Look at what she grew up dealing with and had
been going through leading up to her murder. No mother, her half brother
was forcing her to have sex with him and got her pregnant, her "father"
treated her like a slave because he knew she wasn't his real daughter but
the result of infidelity of his wife while he was in prison.
All of that certainly would mess up a child's sense of right and wrong. I
think she really loved Claire but just became desperate when she realized
she was pregnant and couldn't hide what had been happening to her.
Not that I wasn't upset when I found out about her lies and everything but
it did make more sense when her brother explained the situation.
Now I wonder if Claire will ever find anyone on whom to pass her vast
knowledge of medicine. It would seem such a waste for it to go unused. I
guess only time will tell.
Alida

Yes, once I heard her despicable childhood from the creepy molesting brother
I regained my fondness for her. I really like that the brother got it in
the end, because Malva I think would have had a chance at a good life had it
not been for him.

Lynne

[Alida Spry]

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I was so disappointed to hear that Malva had tried to kill her father and
Claire. Yet, at the end when her brother was explaining the whole sordid
tale it seemed that Malva truly had a good heart. So, then I was totally
confused about her. What do you think?
Lynne

I don't think she was evil. Look at what she grew up dealing with and
had been going through leading up to her murder. No mother, her half
brother was forcing her to have sex with him and got her pregnant, her
"father" treated her like a slave because he knew she wasn't his real
daughter but the result of infidelity of his wife while he was in prison.
All of that certainly would mess up a child's sense of right and wrong.
I think she really loved Claire but just became desperate when she
realized she was pregnant and couldn't hide what had been happening to
her.
Not that I wasn't upset when I found out about her lies and everything
but it did make more sense when her brother explained the situation.
Now I wonder if Claire will ever find anyone on whom to pass her vast
knowledge of medicine. It would seem such a waste for it to go unused.
I guess only time will tell.
Alida

Yes, once I heard her despicable childhood from the creepy molesting
brother I regained my fondness for her. I really like that the brother
got it in the end, because Malva I think would have had a chance at a good
life had it not been for him.
Lynne

You know to continue on this train of thought, I pretty much disliked Tom
Christie throughout the book but that last scene where he turned himself in
to save Claire really redeemed him to me. If his wife was anything like
Geillis Duncan, who could blame him for thinking she was evil? Furthermore,
if Malva picked up on any of that from her mother before she died, then that
also goes to contribute to how Malva turned out. Very sad. I really felt
for Tom and Malva in the end.

Alida

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I was so disappointed to hear that Malva had tried to kill her father
and Claire. Yet, at the end when her brother was explaining the whole
sordid tale it seemed that Malva truly had a good heart. So, then I was
totally confused about her. What do you think?
Lynne

I don't think she was evil. Look at what she grew up dealing with and
had been going through leading up to her murder. No mother, her half
brother was forcing her to have sex with him and got her pregnant, her
"father" treated her like a slave because he knew she wasn't his real
daughter but the result of infidelity of his wife while he was in prison.
All of that certainly would mess up a child's sense of right and wrong.
I think she really loved Claire but just became desperate when she
realized she was pregnant and couldn't hide what had been happening to
her.
Not that I wasn't upset when I found out about her lies and everything
but it did make more sense when her brother explained the situation.
Now I wonder if Claire will ever find anyone on whom to pass her vast
knowledge of medicine. It would seem such a waste for it to go unused.
I guess only time will tell.
Alida

Yes, once I heard her despicable childhood from the creepy molesting
brother I regained my fondness for her. I really like that the brother
got it in the end, because Malva I think would have had a chance at a
good life had it not been for him.
Lynne

You know to continue on this train of thought, I pretty much disliked Tom
Christie throughout the book but that last scene where he turned himself
in to save Claire really redeemed him to me. If his wife was anything
like Geillis Duncan, who could blame him for thinking she was evil?
Furthermore, if Malva picked up on any of that from her mother before she
died, then that also goes to contribute to how Malva turned out. Very
sad. I really felt for Tom and Malva in the end.
Alida

Me too, I really disliked them both and in the end I wondered if they were
just misunderstood. Seemed like the brother Allen was the true evil one.
Here we thought he was protecting Malva and in the end he was the worst evil
doer of all molesting his younger sister in the name of protecting.

Lynne