>>121458230>She lost her lifelong best friend and has to live with the knowledge that she set him down the path that ultimately lead to him self destructionWhat part of "I'm not responsible for your problems" don't you get? They made it clear that Grace DOESN'T have to feel responsible for what happened to Simon: so she won't.
>She betrayed Hazel's trust and irreparably damaged their relationship, and will probably never be able to see her again or ever make amends for wronging herWho gives a shit she knew her for like a month. It wasn't some deep meaningful relationship it was just Grace being a greedy creep with another kid and getting her ego bruised when she didn't get to keep this one.
>Now she has to spend her days undoing all of the damage she's done and dismantling the cult she foundedThat's a privileged that she gets to have to clear her conscious. She's given those kids lifelong trauma and that she gets to now play the "good guy" with them is just another way Grace "won".
>The difference between her and Simon is that she acknowledged and chose to grow from her mistakesThe difference between them is Grace doesn't need to be deprogrammed because she made a cult for attention anyways, hogged all the character development all Book 3 for herself while screaming, manipulating and lying to Simon until he snapped and could no longer be reasoned with.
>that's the part of the conflict that's ultimately his fault. Grace extended him a hand, but she can't force him to change. That's his responsibilityYes choices that he was clearly able to make in a delusional crazy state in which he can't get over mistrust that Grace herself had sewn.
>You're so hung up on one little line that you're missing the point.The "point" of Simon not being able to change being his downfall is shit when he was lied and not given the same conditions for growth as Grace. It's also shit that Grace gets to look like she won and get treated like a hero after everything she's done.
