What was Rita's deal?

I read the book. It's not conclusive. It does imply that Rita and merry somewhere along the line knew each other. Roth doesn't explictely say if Rita met with the swede because merry told her to and merry got the money or if Rita just knew things about merry and went by herself to get money from the swede.

It's actually really interesting bc I've been reading lots of reviews and everyone keeps saying that the directing was bad because it was inconclusive and didn't feel like it was finished. But that's exactly how the book ends. You finish the last page frustrated without answers but that's the same way that the swede felt for the rest of his life

Whatever her deal was, she needed her ass kicked in that hotel room.

She just wanted to seduce the rich, corrupt older man.
Had daddy issues & problems with authority.

I haven't read the book, just seen the movie.
I liked the part when she said:

'I can't take it.'

It was her only human moment.
In the rest of the movie, I hated her.

With a vengeance.

And I'm a pretty liberal guy.




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