I had never heard of Dorthea before, and starting the book man, she had a sad and hard life growing up. I felt bad for her.

Until her utter lack of actual care and feeling for others entered the story, which was fairly young. Would she have been different if she had a different upbringing? Possibly.

But even some of the things she did before the boarding houses she ran, still was next level wtf. And then the boarding houses...that was interesting. She did help some people, and seemed to legit put effort into it, but a lot she just robbed blind and murdered.

She was a menace to those who are forgotten.