Why Was Linnet Such A B----???
It seems her favourite amusement was to antagonise everybody, small and big alike.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
Agatha Christie had a penchant for writing non-multidimensional character — to put it mildly. Linnet is a socialite who never had to work and always got what she wanted…including Simon Doyle. I wonder if she would have managed to steal him from Jackie if…well, Jackie and Simon had never worked out a plan like this, if Jackie really just wanted her friend to give her poor fiance a job, and nothing else.
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It's certainly true that Lynette was a spoiled socialite with a history of getting her own way in every regard. She also, in the book, had a certain moral sense and desire to do the right thing, but is cautioned by a friend that she is just as likely to antagonize people with her efforts--as witness the conversation with Louise about not chasing a man who's already married.
shareShe didn't "steal" Simon from Jackie. There's no such thing as "stealing" someone's man, or woman because people aren't property,
If person A is in an accountable relationship with person B and B leaves A for C, it's because B doesn't love A enough to stay faithful. I think A ought to thank C for making that clear before it was too late,
Well, there's a lot more to it than that. Thank C? Forget it. B and C deserve each other, but A shouldn't thank C for making off with her bf. Friends don't do that to friends. No way to justify it, rationalize it, or make it respectable; it's trashy behavior, 100%,
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