It won't ruin the book for me. Go ahead.
If someone else reading this doesn't want to know, just don't read Earthdweller's comment!
He is painstakingly methodical in his evaluation of the available evidence and bends over backwards to be objective. He tries to avoid making a judgment about whether it was right for Terri to be let go in the end and focuses on her life before and at the time of her collapse.
There is definitely something here for everyone no matter where you stood on Terri's death.
The overall impression I got of Micheal was that he was a lazy opportunist that thought the world owed him something. I guess that doesn't make him a murderer..just a low life.
Terri reminds me of a lot of over weight high school girls who are social outcasts. So sweet and so naive. It is so sad that Micheal was the first one she ever dated.
It seems she just could not see who he really was until right before the end.