Sarah insists that Little Bee describe what happens to LB and her sister after Sarah and Andrew escape the beach. LB describes rape and murder of her sister and then her own escape. Third world/first world "problem" contrast. Little Bee is moral center of the book, goddess-like, flawless. All the other characters, in contrast, are well-rounded. It's a very good book, but a few rough edges for Little Bee would have made it even better. After all the suffering she's been through, she's too well-adjusted to be believable.
Weakest. Tommy is in prison. His son, Ryan, is now 17. Catherine the cop's sister, Clare, takes Ryan to visit Tommy in prison, without telling Catherine. Not good. Sisters have a break when Catherine finds out. Plot two: PE teacher, abusive to wife. She is getting drugs from local Indian/Pakistani pharmacist. Husband finds out and has wife arrested! Pharmacist worried . . . plots to kill husband. Wife agrees, then changes her mind. Pharmacist in a rage kills her. (All a bit of a stretch, as he is a mild mannered family man.) Tommy escapes from his court hearing, hides out, gets in touch with Ryan. Plan is to go to Marabella, Spain together. Tommy's "helpers" get worried about Tommy and decide to do him in. Instead, he kills them . . . and is knifed himself. He returns to Catherine's house, looks through a photo album showing Catherine took good care of Ryan, and decides not to kill her....
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