Little help understanding Fire & Hemlock?

[tehanu_chan]

Hi, there! I'm new here! I didn't even now this comm existed until I run upon it in a frantic search for answers after finishing Fire & Hemlock 10 minutes ago.
First things first. I read the book in English and it's not my native language. I understand it quite well, mind you, but I' am aware that I might have missed a couple of things, specially

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[rainbow_yarn]

I think Fire and Hemlock is one of Diana's most ambiguous books, so it's totally understandable that you'd feel you missed a few things. There are still lots of things I don't think I understand about it (although that doesn't keep me from loving it). So anything I write here is my own conjecture; other people might think differently

[tehanu_chan]

Thank you so much for answering! It was really helpfull

[viirivehka]

Don't worry about growing up - Fire & Hemlock is actually written for young adults, not for children as most of Diana's books are, so it's more complicated. ;)

[emeraldsword]

I thought it was Polly because she intruded into the fairy territory by gatecrashing the funeral; she then ate nothing, drank nothing and worked the nowhere vases around before returning to the house and taking paintings that were not hers to take. Significantly, she took the Obah Cypt (Crypt? My copy is upstairs) which contained the lock of Tom's hair that bound him so tightly to Laurel.

It also didn't hurt that Polly was absolutely and totally devoted to him, and that he felt sorry for her.

(Icon is a quotation from Archer's Goon which I don't get to use very often!)

[aya_adri]

I may be wrong on my conclusions but here it goes what I got from reading Fire and Hemlock three times in less than 2 months (what's up with this book anyway? I'm a book hangover since the first time I read it