How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I was never a good little girl, and I got worse after the murders. Little Orphan Libby grew up sullen and boneless, shuffled around a group of lesser relatives […] stuck in a series of mobile homes or rotting ranch houses all across Kansas. (1.1)
Libby never cuts herself any slack for her past behavior, despite the fact that she was a minor and the victim of a gruesome crime. She is her own worst critic, blaming herself for everything.
Quote #2
"Don't feel sorry for Ben. He killed my family." (1.99)
Maybe Libby doesn't cut anyone any slack. She believes her brother, Ben, killed her family, and it's a while before she budges a single millimeter on this issue.
Quote #3
"Not fighting doesn't mean he's guilty, Libby, it means he's lost hope."
"Well, then good." (3.140-3.141)
See what we mean about not cutting anyone any slack. Complete strangers don't blame Ben for what happened twenty years ago, but Libby doesn't seem to have changed a bit since that day. She still blames Ben at this point in the story.