I'd have to say, I agree...

I was disappointed, but for somewhat different reasons.


I don't like Tom. I just don't like him!

I think he's controlling. He gets on my nerves.

If I were to drown in a tragic mill flood, I wouldn't want to be with TOM.



Here's how I think it should have happened:

Maggie and Phillip die together.

Why?

1. Phillip represents a love that Tom and Maggie will never have. It's unconditional, and I feel like they're both equal in each other's eyes.
   
2. It would have made more sense for them to be buried together. I mean, Tom and Maggie? Were they really THAT close?
3. The book would have ended a LOVE story, as opposed to just a DEPRESSING story. Maggie and Phillip seemed to be star-crossed lovers, Tom and Maggie could have gone on living the way they were.

If I am the reincarnation of Maggie Tulliver, I'm gonna find myself a little cripple boy and do it RIGHT this time. Gahh, stupid brunette stereotypes.


-Allie